Lynching of Mose Jones: May 6, 1922
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City: Kirvin, Texas
County: Freestone, County
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: 43
Alleged Crime: Murder
Manner of Death: Burned
Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching
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"Three Negros Burned At Stake Saturday Morning At Kirvin-Women Present"
Source: Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light (Corsicana, Texas) | Date: May 9, 1922
"Crime of Texas Negroes Worst in State's History"
Source: Washington Herald (Washington, D.C.) | Date: May 7, 1922
"Record of Bloody May"
Source: Austin American-Statesman (Austin, Texas) | Date: June 4, 1922
Otis King, right, Dog Sergeant S.O. Simmons, and the two bloodhounds flown in from Huntsville in front of the plow and pyre where Johnny Cornish, Mose Jones, and Snap Curry were burned alive a short time before this picture was taken.
Source: From Monte Akers, Flames After Midnight, 196. | Date: May 6, 1922
Scene of the burnings of Johnny Cornish, Mose Jones, and Snap Curry.
Source: From Monte Akers, Flames After Midnight, 88. | Date: May 6, 1922
"Where three Negroes were burned at stake"
Source: W.E.B. Du Bois Papers - https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b167-i048 | Date: May 6, 1922
"Implicated by Snap Curry in Assault and Murder of School Girl"
Source: Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Texas) | Date: May 8, 1922
"Race Riots on the Verge of Breaking Out"
Source: Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Texas) | Date: May 8, 1922
Scene Where Three Negro Murderers Were Burned
Date: May 6, 1922