Lynching of Unknown: July 26, 1886

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City: De Leon, Texas County: Comanche County, Texas Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: Chicago Tribune

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"Likely to be Lynched"
Source: *Galveston Daily News* (Galveston, Texas) | Date: July 26, 1886

"The Fate of a Black Fiend"
Source: *Galveston Daily News* (Galveston, Texas) | Date: July 27, 1886

"Long Rope - Short Shrift."
Source: *Dallas Morning News* (Dallas, Texas) | Date: July 27, 1886

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Lynching in Texas Staff, “Lynching of Unknown: July 26, 1886,” Lynching In Texas, accessed September 5, 2026, https://www.lynchingintexas.org/items/show/427.

Published February 19, 2018. Last updated July 17, 2019.

Lynching of Unknown: July 26, 1886

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"Likely to be Lynched"

"The Fate of a Black Fiend"

"Long Rope - Short Shrift."

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