Entries tagged "Cooke County": 23
Lynching of Pink Lee
City: Dexter, Texas County: Cooke County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: White Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: ShotSource of Information: Chicago Tribune, Tuskegee Institute
Lynching of James Lee
City: Dexter, Texas County: Cooke County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: White Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: ShotSource of Information: Chicago Tribune, Tuskegee Institute
Lynching of Unknown Victim 12
City: Gainesville, Texas (Healdton, Oklahoma)County: Cooke CountyRace or Ethnicity of Victim: Unknown Gender of Victim: Unknown Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Horse theftManner of Death: UnknownSource of Information: Chicago Tribune
Lynching of Unknown Victim 11
City: Gainesville, Texas (Healdton, Oklahoma)County: Cooke CountyRace or Ethnicity of Victim: Unknown Gender of Victim: Unknown Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Horse theftManner of Death: UnknownSource of Information: Chicago Tribune
Lynching of Unknown Victim 10
City: Gainesville, Texas (Healdton, Oklahoma)County: Cooke CountyRace or Ethnicity of Victim: Unknown Gender of Victim: Unknown Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Horse theftManner of Death: UnknownSource of Information: Chicago Tribune
Lynching of Ed Williams
City: Gainesville, Texas
County: Cooke County
Race of Ethnicity of Victim: Black
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: Unknown
Alleged Crime: Attempted Rape
Manner of Death: Hanged
Source of Information: National newspapers
Jack Crews (Misreported)
City: Gainesville, Texas County: Cooke County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: White Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Not Lynched; Legal Execution Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching,…
Lynching of James McKnight
City: Gainesville, Texas County: Cooke CountyRace or Ethnicity of Victim: WhiteGender of Victim: MaleAge of Victim: UnknownAlleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: UnknownSource of Information: Chicago Tribune
Lynching of Abe Wilder
City: Dexter, Texas
County: Cooke County
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: Unknown
Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Burned at the stake
Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching
Pink Lee (Misreported)
City: Dexter, Texas County: Cooke County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: White Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Shot while firing on Texas RangersSource of Information: Chicago Tribune