Lynching of Elijah Wortham: November 15, 1900
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City: Jefferson, Texas
County: Marion County
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: Unknown
Alleged Crime: Assault/Robbery
Manner of Death: Hanged
Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching
Files
"Three Men Lynched"
Source: Houston Post (Houston, Texas) | Date: November 16, 1900
"Three Negros Lynched: ONe of them confessed Brutal Beating of a Physician and a Mob Hanged Them."
Source: St. Louis Post Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) | Date: November 16, 1900
"Swift Vengeance"
Source: Liberty Vindicator (Liberty, Texas) | Date: November 23, 1900
"Three Negroes Lynched: Mob Took Them From the Jailer in Jefferson, Texas."
Source: Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York). | Date: November 18, 1900.
Photograph of the lynching of Freeman Terhune, Elijah Wortham, and Jim Shaw in Jefferson, Texas. Processed and published by R.R. Ansley. The rear of the photo sleeve reads: 1) Jim Shaw; 2) Freeman Terhune; 3) Lige Wortham.
Source: Shared with Lynching in Texas by Colin Reed of Evanston, Illinois. | Date: November 15, 1900