Lynching of Thomas Oscar Polk: March 15, 1886
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City: Copperas Cove, Texas County: Coryell County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: White Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Twenty-two Alleged Crime: Horse theft Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: Chicago Tribune
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"Hanged to a Tree"
Source: Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas) | Date: March 16, 1886
"A Suspected Horse-Thief Hanged by His Neighbors"
Source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) | Date: March 16, 1886
"A Suspected Man Lynched"
Source: Daily City News (New Castle, Pennsylvania) | Date: March 17, 1886