GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.524399000000
Longitude: -96.534250000000
Longitude: -96.534250000000
County:
- Limestone
Date:
October 12, 1872
Time Period:
Description:
Eight or nine vigilantes abduct a Mexican from his home in Limestone County (probably in Groesbeck) and hang him, suspecting him of committing theft.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
William D. Carrigan and Clive Webb, Forgotten Dead: Mob Violence against Mexicans in the United States, 1848-1928 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013), 196.
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.524399000000
Longitude: -96.534250000000
Longitude: -96.534250000000
County:
- Limestone
Date:
October 12, 1872
Event Description:
Eight or nine vigilantes abduct a Mexican from his home in Limestone County (probably in Groesbeck) and hang him, suspecting him of committing theft.
Event Type:
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
William D. Carrigan and Clive Webb, Forgotten Dead: Mob Violence against Mexicans in the United States, 1848-1928 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013), 196.