Unknown (Probable): June 24, 1885

By Lynching in Texas Staff

City: Unknown County: Houston County Race of Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: National newspapers

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"Five Black Bodies"
Source: *Appleton Post* (Appleton, Wisconsin) | Date: June 25, 1885

"Palestine"
Source: *Dallas Daily Herald* (Dallas, Texas) | Date: June 25, 1885

"Another Lynching"
Source: *Emporia Weekly Republican* (Emporia, Kansas) | Date: July 2, 1885

"Negroes Lynched"
Source: *St. Joseph Herald* (St. Joseph, Missouri) | Date: June 26, 1885

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Probable Lynchings

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Lynching in Texas Staff, “Unknown (Probable): June 24, 1885,” Lynching In Texas, accessed September 5, 2026, https://www.lynchingintexas.org/items/show/632.

Published August 06, 2018. Last updated July 17, 2019.

Unknown (Probable): June 24, 1885

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"Five Black Bodies"

"Palestine"

"Another Lynching"

"Negroes Lynched"

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