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Wichita, Texas bank robbery and lynching....
Wichita, Texas bank robbery and lynching....
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February 27, 1896
DAILY GLOBE, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1896
* Wichita Falls, Texas
* Bank robbery & lynching
The top of page 3 has an article headed: "BANK ROBBERS LYNCHED" with subheads. (see)
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 4 pages, light toning, a little spine wear, generally good. Should be handled with care.
Wichita County Historical Commission notes: On the afternoon of Feb. 25, 1896, two cowboys, Foster Crawford and Elmer "Kid" Lewis, robbed the City National Bank, then located at Ohio and 7th St. (2 blocks east). The killed cashier Frank Dorsey, took about $410 cash, and fled on horseback. A posse of citizens and
Texas Rangers captured the pair that night hiding in a thicket outside of town. The next day, after the Rangers departed, the anger of the townspeople turned to violence. On the night of Feb. 26, a mob dragged the prisoners from the jail and lynched them in front of the bank building.
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