Lynching of Unknown: September 14, 1915

By Lynching in Texas Staff

City: San Benito, Texas

County: Cameron County

Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Hispanic

Gender of Victim: Unknown

Age of Victim: Unknown

Alleged Crime: Banditry

Manner of Death: Shot

Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching

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"Troops Sent Out on Border Alarm"
Source: *New York Times* (New York, New York) | Date: September 15, 1915

"Infantry off to Fight Mexicans on Texas Border"
Source: *Winston Salem Journal* (Winston Salem, North Carolina) | Date: September 15, 1915

"Holiday Forebodes Crisis on Border"
Source: *Daily Arkansas Gazette* (Little Rock, Arkanasas) | Date: September 15, 1915

Citation Information

Lynching in Texas Staff, “Lynching of Unknown: September 14, 1915,” Lynching In Texas, accessed September 5, 2026, https://www.lynchingintexas.org/items/show/893.

Published October 24, 2018. Last updated August 01, 2019.

Lynching of Unknown: September 14, 1915

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"Troops Sent Out on Border Alarm"

"Infantry off to Fight Mexicans on Texas Border"

"Holiday Forebodes Crisis on Border"

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