Lynching of Squire Loftin: July 29, 1895
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City: Lexington, Texas
County: Lee County
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: Unknown
Alleged Crime: Rape
Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching
Files
"Black Ravisher Strung Up"
Source: Austin American-Statesman (Austin, Texas). | Date: July 25, 1895
"Her Eye on Her Cheek"
Source: The Times-Democrat (New Orleans, Louisiana). | Date: July 25, 1895
"A Negro Fiend Narrowly Escapes His Just Deserts"
Source: The Times Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana). | Date: July 25, 1895
"A negro charged with assaulting a white woman"
Source: Fayette County Leader (Fayette, Iowa). | Date: August 1, 1895
"A Mob Lynched a Negro"
Source: Warren Sheaf (Warren, Minnesota). | Date: August 1, 1895