Murdered prior to indictment or trial by a known and well-organized mob while in the Belton County Jail.∼JOHN ALEXANDER alias Daily, WILLIAM HENRY GRUMBLES, WILLIAM S. SMITH, J.S. MacDONALD, MARION McDONALD, LOYD COLEMAN, WINFIELD, BECKNEAL, CROW.
The pattern of lawlessness continued into the mid-1870s; and the worst example of vigilante violence occurred on the evening of May 25, 1874, when a mob of men from Bell and other counties broke into the Belton jail and killed nine men, eight members of a gang of accused horse thieves and an accused murderer.
Bell County's second jail was located at 201 N. Pearl Street. The building witnessed one of the most violent vigilante acts in Texas history. On the night of May 25, 1874. While the sheriff was away on official business, a mob of over one hundred vigilantes from throughout Texas rode into Belton, tied up the jailer, broke the five-pound lock, and proceeded to gun down nine prisoners who had yet to stand trial for their alleged crimes. NONE were convicted of any crime.
The pattern of lawlessness continued into the mid-1870s; and the worst example of vigilante violence occurred on the evening of May 25, 1874, when a mob of men from Bell and other counties broke into the Belton jail and killed nine men, eight members of a gang of accused horse thieves and an accused murderer.
Bell County's second jail was located at 201 N. Pearl Street. The building witnessed one of the most violent vigilante acts in Texas history. On the night of May 25, 1874. While the sheriff was away on official business, a mob of over one hundred vigilantes from throughout Texas rode into Belton, tied up the jailer, broke the five-pound lock, and proceeded to gun down nine prisoners who had yet to stand trial for their alleged crimes. NONE were convicted of any crime.
Murdered prior to indictment or trial by a known and well-organized mob while in the Belton County Jail.∼JOHN ALEXANDER alias Daily, WILLIAM HENRY GRUMBLES, WILLIAM S. SMITH, J.S. MacDONALD, MARION McDONALD, LOYD COLEMAN, WINFIELD, BECKNEAL, CROW.
The pattern of lawlessness continued into the mid-1870s; and the worst example of vigilante violence occurred on the evening of May 25, 1874, when a mob of men from Bell and other counties broke into the Belton jail and killed nine men, eight members of a gang of accused horse thieves and an accused murderer.
Bell County's second jail was located at 201 N. Pearl Street. The building witnessed one of the most violent vigilante acts in Texas history. On the night of May 25, 1874. While the sheriff was away on official business, a mob of over one hundred vigilantes from throughout Texas rode into Belton, tied up the jailer, broke the five-pound lock, and proceeded to gun down nine prisoners who had yet to stand trial for their alleged crimes. NONE were convicted of any crime.
The pattern of lawlessness continued into the mid-1870s; and the worst example of vigilante violence occurred on the evening of May 25, 1874, when a mob of men from Bell and other counties broke into the Belton jail and killed nine men, eight members of a gang of accused horse thieves and an accused murderer.
Bell County's second jail was located at 201 N. Pearl Street. The building witnessed one of the most violent vigilante acts in Texas history. On the night of May 25, 1874. While the sheriff was away on official business, a mob of over one hundred vigilantes from throughout Texas rode into Belton, tied up the jailer, broke the five-pound lock, and proceeded to gun down nine prisoners who had yet to stand trial for their alleged crimes. NONE were convicted of any crime.
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