Lynching of Wesley Johnson: August 26, 1897By Lynching in Texas Staff Text City: Mooreville, Texas County: Falls County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Attempted Rape Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching Files "Lynched: Would-Be Rapist Paid the Penalty in Falls County."Source: The Houston Post (Houston, Texas) | Date: August 28, 1897"Negro Lynched: Texas Mob Administers Summary Justice to the Assailant of a White Woman."Source: The Buffalo Enquirer (Buffalo, New York) | Date: August 28, 1897 Additional Metadata Tags1897 Attempted Rape Black Falls County Hanged Male Mooreville Citation InformationLynching in Texas Staff , “Lynching of Wesley Johnson: August 26, 1897,” Lynching In Texas, accessed September 5, 2026, https://lynchingintexas.org/items/show/117.Published February 15, 2018. Last updated September 27, 2018. Map Map ← Previous Item Next Item →
