George Moss (Misreported): November 29, 1886
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George Moss was tried in federal court in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
He was not lynched.
Some of the information below was misreported.
City: De Kalb, Texas County: Bowie County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Unknown Source of Information: Chicago Tribune
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"Wholesale Lynching"
Source: Austin American-Statesman (Austin, Texas) | Date: December 2, 1886
"Wholesale Hangings"
Source: St. Louis Globe Democrat (St. Louis, Missouri) | Date: December 3, 1886
"Hemporopelia: A Mob Summarily Avenges Farmer's Killing."
Source: Grant County Register (Ulysses, Kansas), December 11, 1886, 3.
"Riddled with Bullets"
Source: Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas) | Date: December 18, 1886
"News Summary"
Source: Neosho County Democrat (Osage Mission, Kansas) | Date: December 30, 1886
"Fort Smith"
Source: Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas) | Date: September 20, 1887