Lynching of Elijah Anderson: June 30, 1920
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City: Wharton, Texas County: Wharton County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: 30 Alleged Crime: Assisting Escaped Assailants Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching
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"For Negroes Dead As Consequence of Wharton Killing"
Source: Houston Post (Houston, Texas) | Date: June 30, 1920
"Four Negroes Killed by Mob"
Source: El Paso Herald (El Paso, Texas) | Date: June 30, 1920
"Four Negroes Pay With Lives for Officer's Killing"
Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas) | Date: June 30, 1920
"Two Negroes Shot to Death; Two Hung by Wharton Mob"
Source: Austin American-Statesman (Austin, Texas) | Date: June 30, 1920
"Four Negroes Dead As Consequence of Wharton Killing"
Source: Houston Post (Houston, Texas) | Date: July 1, 1920
"Two Negroes Lynched and Shot in Texas"
Source: Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, North Carolina) | Date: July 1, 1920