Lynching of Reto: Janurary 15, 1888

By Lynching in Texas Staff

City: Caldwell, Texas

County: Burleson County

Race of Ethnicity of Victim: Hispanic

Gender of Victim: Male

Age of Victim: Unknown

Alleged Crime: Murder

Manner of Death: Shot

Source of Information: National newspapers

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"Mob Violence in Caldwell"
Source: *Galveston Daily News* (Galveston, Texas) | Date: January 17, 1888

"One Mexican Lynched and Another Dangerously Wounded."
Source: *Fort Worth Daily Gazette* (Fort Worth, Texas) | Date: January 17, 1888

"Mexican Murderers Lynched"
Source: *St. Louis Post Dispatch* (St. Louis, Missouri) | Date: January 17, 1888

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Lynching in Texas Staff, “Lynching of Reto: Janurary 15, 1888,” Lynching In Texas, accessed September 5, 2026, https://www.lynchingintexas.org/items/show/631.

Published August 06, 2018. Last updated July 06, 2020.

Lynching of Reto: Janurary 15, 1888

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"Mob Violence in Caldwell"

"One Mexican Lynched and Another Dangerously Wounded."

"Mexican Murderers Lynched"

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