Entries tagged "Coryell County": 11
Lynching of Jesse Green
City: Near Jonesboro, Texas
County: Coryell County
Race of Ethnicity of Victim: Unknown
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: Unknown
Alleged Crime: Murder
Manner of Death: Hanged
Source of Information: National newspapers
Lynching of John Howard
City: Langford's Cove (now Evant), TexasCounty: Coryell County
Race of Ethnicity of Victim: White
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: Unknown
Alleged Crime: Arson
Manner of Death: Shot
Source of Information: Chicago Tribune
Lynching of Edward B. Cash
City: Gatesville, Texas County: Coryell County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: White Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: 21 Alleged Crime: Fence-cutting Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: Tuskegee Institute, Equal Justice Initiative
Lynching of Alfred Bren
City: Gatesville, Texas County: Coryell County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: BlackGender of Victim: UnknownAge of Victim: UnknownAlleged Crime: UnknownManner of Death: UnknownSource of Information: NAACP 30 Years of LynchingUnconfirmed by national…
Lynching of Thomas Oscar Polk
City: Copperas Cove, Texas
County: Coryell County
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: White
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: Twenty-two
Alleged Crime: Horse theft
Manner of Death: Hanged
Source of Information: Chicago Tribune
Lynching of Newt Davis
City: Leon Junction, Texas
County: Coryell County
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: White
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: Unknown
Alleged Crime: Killed for planning to testify against Jasper Williams' son
Manner of Death: Shot
Source of…
Lynching of Unknown Victim
City: Leon Junction, Texas County: Coryell County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: White Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Unknown Manner of Death: Shot Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching, Tuskegee Institute
John O'Connor (Probable)
City: Gatesville, Texas County: Coryell County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: WhiteGender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Unknown Manner of Death: ShotSource of Information: Chicago Tribune
Lynching of Chaney
City: Gatesville, Texas County: Coryell County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: WhiteGender of Victim: MaleAge of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Unknown Manner of Death: ShotSource of Information: Chicago Tribune
Lynching of Thomas Weaver
City: Gatesville, Texas County: Coryell County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: White Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: UnknownAlleged Crime: Horse theftManner of Death: Shot Source of Information: Chicago Tribune