Tobe Cook (Misreported): June 10, 1892
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City: Bastrop
County: Bastrop County
Race: Black
Age: 37
Alleged Crime: Rape and Murder
Manner of Death: Hanged by the state
Source: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching
Misreported: Executed by the stateFiles
"Tobe Cook."
Source: Montreal River Miner and Iron County Republican (Hurley, Wisconsin). | Date: June 25, 1892.
"To Be Hanged."
Source: San Saba County News (San Saba, Texas) | Date: May 13, 1892.
"A Murderer Hung"
Source: The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana) | Date: June 11, 1892