Lynching of John Howard: August 23, 1884

City: Langford's Cove (now Evant), Texas

County: Coryell County Race of Ethnicity of Victim: White Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Arson Manner of Death: Shot Source of Information: Chicago Tribune

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"Riddled with Bullets"
Source: *Galveston Daily News* (Galveston, Texas) | Date: August 23, 1884

"Murdered by a Mob"
Source: *Albany Ledger* (Albany, Missouri) | Date: August 29, 1884

"Shot to Death by a Mob"
Source: *The Times* (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) | Date: August 24, 1884

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Lynching in Texas Staff, “Lynching of John Howard: August 23, 1884,” Lynching In Texas, accessed September 5, 2026, https://lynchingintexas.org/items/show/580.

Published August 06, 2018. Last updated April 24, 2019.

Lynching of John Howard: August 23, 1884

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"Riddled with Bullets"

"Murdered by a Mob"

"Shot to Death by a Mob"

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