Wednesday, June 29, 2016

October 18, 1883: Louis Foster

Today we learn about a lynching in Texas through the pages of the Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) dated October 19, 1883:


Very Suspicious Circumstances Attending the Discovery of a Hard Character.

GALVESTON, TEX., October 18.—News Schulenberg special:  The body of Louis Foster, colored, was found to-day hanging to a tree near South Union Church, in Lavaca County, with a charge of buckshot in the neck and a pistol ball in the head. Foster is said to have been screening an escaped murderer the past few days, and has borne a bad reputation for years.


Thank you for joining me and as always, I hope I leave you with something to ponder.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.