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Thomas Hurt

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2. The following year, the white mob boarded a train near Limon, Colorado...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Aug 9, 2021, 02:19 PM

Aug 2021

they took Preston Porter off it, buried a length of rail in the ground and burned him at the stake. He had been accused of killing a white girl and had not had a trial. He had been tortured in Denver until he confessed.

Between 200 and 300 white people from the area watched. The media tied into the telegraph to send updates.

The coroner's inquest later determined he died by causes unknown.

https://www.coloradolynchingmemorial.org/preston-porter-jr

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