Envelope containing the warrants for the arrest of Birl (Bert) Smith

Artist/Author: 
JP3 Charles Tomlinson
Subject: 
Lynching, rape, crimes, African American, Goose Creek, Harris County, justice of the peace
Date: 
September 21, 1917
Archives: 
Harris County Archives
Archives email contact: 
sjackson@cco.hctx.net
Description: 

Smith was wanted for the rape of a white woman. The envelope indicates he was hung by a mob.