Lynching of Will Stanley: July 30, 1915
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City: Temple, Texas
County: Bell County
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: Unknown
Alleged Crime: Murder
Manner of Death: Burned
Source of Information: National newspapers
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"The Burden"
Source: Crisis vol. 11, no. 3 (Jan 1916): 145. | Date: January 1916
This postcard showing the brutal burning of Will Stanley was made and sold at local stores in Texas. The back of the card reads: “This is the barbecue we had last night. My picture is to the left with a cross over it. Your son, Joe.”
Source: Note: This postcard has often been associated with the burning of Jesse Washington, but that identification is incorrect. This photo appeared in the Crisis in January 1916, months before Washington's lynching on May 15, 1916.
"A crowd in Temple, Texas, moving Will Stanley to the town center to lynch him."
Source: Photograph featured in Crisis magazine. | Date: January 1915
"Officers Think Only One Negro Was Implicated"
Source: Austin American Statesman (Austin, Texas) | Date: July 31, 1915
"Negro Will Stanley Burned At Stake By Frenzied Bell County Mob --Negro Confesses As Accessory"
Source: The Daily Courier Gazette (McKinney, Texas) | Date: July 31, 1915
"Mob Burns Negro At Temple In View Of 10,000 People"
Source: Waco Morning News (Waco, Texas) | Date: July 31, 1915
"ECHO FROM LYNCHING Small Boys Find Ring Stolen From Grimes' Home In Ashes"
Source: The Courier Gazette (Rockland, Texas) | Date: August 5, 1915
"Burned At Stake"
Source: The Marshall Messenger (Marshall, Texas) | Date: August 3, 1915