Indictment (1916)

ID: 1589 ~ Source: McLennan County District Clerk's Office
This file appears in: Jesse Washington Lynching

The indictment of Jesse Washington’s trial signed by District Judge of the Criminal Court, R. I. Monroe.

This file appears in: Jesse Washington Lynching

By Kurt Terry
Society in the South evolved ensuing the emancipation of slaves after the Civil War. The Reconstruction of the South ended in 1877 and only added to the bad racial tensions in the region. Whites…