Lynching of Jim Shaw: 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: Taken From the Marion County Jail and Stung Up to a Bridge"
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: Three Men Taken From Jail and Lynched By a Mob."
Source: The 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