Died in custody

Mose Bosier

60 years old · died May 26, 1922 · Texas

Mose Bosier, 60, was being held by county officers in Texas. Shortly after midnight on Friday, May 26, 1922, a mob of about 300 men wrested him from the officers' hands and hanged him. The Chicago Whip, in a weekly roundup of mob killings, reported his death as a lynching.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 300 men took Mose Bosier from county authorities in Texas and hanged him at the scene of the alleged crime shortly after midnight.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The Chicago Whip, May 27, 1922, page 1 The Chicago Whip, May 27, 1922

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