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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1899
Page
1
The testimony details secret midnight meetings linked to the lynching case. Witnesses describe organizers and participants, and the timeline of events preceding the violence. Investigators pursue leads amid rising tension and public scrutiny.
Witness T J Horton testified at Athens Texas that night meetings in secluded spots weeks before the Humphries lynching proposed three assassination schemes. Participants vowed secrecy, with plans to rush in shoot captives or swing the men from a limb. Horton claimed he tried to raise a protective force after hearing the plot.
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