Frank Wilkes (Misreported): February 14, 1925
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City: Orange, TexasÂ
County: Orange County
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: Twenty-three
Alleged Crime: Murder
Manner of Death: Not lynched; Died in jail in February 1926
Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching
Files
"Feeling Tense at Orange, Tex., After Gunfight on City Street"
Source: Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Texas) | Date: February 14, 1925
"Three Whites Are Killed"
Source: The Emportia Gazette (Emporia, Kansas) | Date: February 14, 1925
"Persons Searched as Trial is Begun"
Source: The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas) | Date: February 20, 1925
"Orange Rioter Given Sentence of Death"
Source: The Austin American (Austin, Texas) | Date: February 21, 1925
"Second Negro At Orange Given Death Penalty"
Source: The Waco-Tribune (Waco, Texas) | Date: February 24, 1925
"Orange Death Cases Go Back For Records"
Source: The Austin American (Austin, Texas) | Date: May 29, 1925
"Four Murder Sentences are Affirmed Wednesday"
Source: Vernon Daily Record (Vernon, Texas) | Date: February 17, 1926