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By George R. Nielsen

100 years in the past, in 1911, younger males misplaced their lives: one from a stab wound and the opposite via mob motion. In an try to clarify how such violence may ensue in a filthy rich and forward-looking group, the writer first examines the expansion of Thorndale as a small agricultural city at the railroad after which connects Thorndale’s geographical surroundings in valuable Texas with its culture of violence. this actual lynching was once strange in that it came about at evening, thereby complicating apprehension of the participants of the mob. even if, due to intervention via the governor, 4 males have been arrested for the crime and 3 have been attempted. The lynching was once additionally strange as the sufferer used to be of Mexican history thereby inciting the Mexican neighborhood to voice its outrage and insist justice. the character of its response testifies to the political wisdom of the Mexican minority and likewise presents an perception into its conception of Anglo society.

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