Lynching of Santiago Salas: October 19, 1915
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City: Brownsville (near), Texas County: Cameron County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Hispanic Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Train Wrecking and Murder Manner of Death: Shot and hanged Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching
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"Americans Slay Ten Mexicans"
Source: Great Falls Tribune (Great Falls, Montana) | Date: October 20, 1915
"View Bodies of Mexicans"
Source: Pittsburgh Daily Post (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) | Date: October 23, 1915
Cameron County Sheriff W. T. Vann testifying before the Joint Committee of the Texas House and Senate in the Investigation of the Texas State Ranger Force.
Source: Cameron County Sheriff W. T. Vann testifying before the Joint Committee of the Texas House and Senate in the Investigation of the Texas State Ranger Force.