Lynching of Dan Ogg: August 8, 1898
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City: Palestine, Texas
County: Anderson
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: 21
Alleged Crime: Rape
Manner of Death: Hanged, Shot
Source of Information: National newspapers
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“Sheriff Cook Could Not Save The Man: He Made a Brave Attempt, but the Mob Was too Much For Him and Secured the Man and Lynched Him.”
The Town Talk (Alexandria, Louisiana) | Date: August 9, 1898
"Lynching in Texas: Dan Ogg, Colored, Hanged in a Court-House Yard."
Source: The Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, Indiana) | Date: August 9, 1898