Monk Gibson, 1908 June 28

hiding under some hay in his father's barn, Felix Powell, another
black,was also arrested becauseof some incriminating remarks made by
“Gibson and because of some things that Powell had said, They were
both granted severences and changes of venue, Powell was convicted
first in Victoria County and hw was hanged there in 1907, Gibson, HX
whose life had been protected from a Lynch mob by Rangers and National
Guardsman, was tried first in Bexar County but the jury could not
agree and then the venue was changed to Detitt County where he was
convicted and sentenced to die, The case was appealed to the Texas

Court of Criminal Appeals which sustained the conviction and he was
hanged at Cuero on June 28, 1908,

See also: POWELL, age ne ae Molded [cas \

OLD WESE, Winter, 1970, Pillans weil

110 seuPeEen-hr— LOLI

TRAILS AND TRIALS OF A TEXAS RANGER by William Warren Sterling, Unive:
of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1959, Pages 3l0=3))7

NEWS, Galveston, 6-29-1908 (1-7) states Gibson would have been 20 the
next Sept. Maintained innocence until end. Had weighed less than

; enese ca by
t tim rrest & 135 at time of execution, Witnesse
a les © Ved TEXAS - BOOK AND MAGAZINE EXCERPTS,

hiding under some hay in his father's barn, Felix Powell, another
black,was also arrested becauseof some incriminating remarks made by

Gibson and because of some things that Powell had said, They were ~
both granted severences and changes of venue, Powell was convicted
first in Victoria County and hw was hanged there in 1907, Gibson, HM
whose life had been protected from a lynch mob by Rangers and National
Guardsman, was tried first in Bexar County but the jury could not
agree and then the venue was changed to Delitt County there he was
convicted and sentenced to die, The case was appealed tothe Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals which sustained the conviction and ae was
hanged at Cuero on June 28, 1908.

See also: POWELL, Felix : Hoeuuil- Te SEN
A PIL LAD

OLD. WES. , Winter, 1970, HAK4

No sSoediowelinn ji

TRAILS AND TRIALS OF A TEXAS RANGER by William Warren Sterling. Unive:
of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1959, Pages 3)0=3;7

NEWS, Galveston, 6-29-1908 (1-7) states Gibson would have been 20 the
next Sept. Maintained innocence until end. Had weighed less than

i ssed by
ed & 135 at time of execution, Witnesse
rp ee Sed XAS - BOOK AND MAGAZINE EXCERPTS,

under some hay in his father's barn, Felix Powell, another
also arrested becauseof some incriminating remarks made by
Ringon and because of sone things that POvel had Sed A

both grant nces and changes of venue, Powell was
jounty and he was hanged there in 1907,

They vere

Guardsmen, was tried first in Bexar County but the jury could not
agree and then the venue was changed to Devitt County there he was
convicted and sentenced to die, The case was appealed to-t

Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals which sustained the conviction and he was
hanged at Cuero on June 28, 1:
See also: POWELL, Felix
OLD “ESI, winter, 1970,
llo soupHeethr—
TRAILS AND TRIALS OF A TEXAS RANGER by Villiem Warren
of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1959,
NEWS, Galveston,
next Septe

Sterling. Unive}
Pages 3h0=3h7

6-29-1908 (1-7) states Gibson would have pee 20 the

Maintained innocence ce en

b;
rrest & 135 at seed execution, Seer xy
pip ometons eae See Rls Book and MucarTNE EXCHRPTS

Had weighed les:

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5, Vantory 190,
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GIBSON, Monk

Jackson Co,,
Gibson, a 16-year-old black youth, lived xmxa near Edna,/Tex., in an
area populated almost exclusively by blacks, In Sept., 1905, a white
man named J. F. Condit rented some land in the area and moved there
with his wife, Lora, and their children, 12-year-old Mildred, 10-
year-old Herschell, 6-year-old Jesse, 3-year=old Joseph, and 10-montl
old Lloyd, Condit hired Gibson to clear some land for him thile he
was working some distance away in a rice hartest, Around noon on
Sept. 28, Gibson reported to some blacks that he had seen two men
chasing Mrs, Condit and they sent him to the nearest white neigh-
bor's house to report the affair to him, When the white man went to
the Condit farm, he found Mrs. Condit bludgeoned to death with an
aXe adz, Middred raped and killed by having her throat cut, Joseph
with his throat cut so deeply that his head was almost severed from
his body, and Jesse and Herschell, some distance from the house,
both dead from having been bludgeoned by an iron bar, Gibson, who
was covered with blood, was taken into custody and charged with the
crime, Because of the intensity of local féeling, he was taken out
of the County for safekeeping and managed to break away from the

Sheriff,

Ts 3
Re was not recaptured until Oct, 5 when he was found

y

GIBSON, Monk

: Jackson Co.,
Gibson, a 16-year-old black youth, lived xmxa near Edna,/Tex., in an
area populated almost exclusively by blacks, In Sept., 1905, a whitd
man named J, F, Condit rented some land in the area and moved there
with his wife, Lora, and their children, 12-year-old Mildred, 10-
year-old Herschell, 6-year-old Jesse, 3-year-old Joseph, and 10-monti]
old Lloyd, Condit hired Gibson to clear some land for him thile he
was working some distance away in a rice harwest, Around noon on
Sept. 28, Gibson reported to some blacks that he had seen two men
chasing Mrs, Condit and they sent him to the nearest white neigh-
bor's house to report the affair to him, When the white man went to
the Condit farm, he found Mrs. Condit bludgeoned to death with an
ax& adz, Middred raped and killed by having her throat cut, Joseph
with his throat cut so deeply that his head was almost severed from
his body, and Jesse and Herschell, some distance from the house,
both dead from having been bludgeoned by an iron bar. Gibson, who
was covered with blood, was taken into custody and charged with the
crime, Because of the intensity of local fé@eling, he was taken oub
of the County for safekeeping and managed to break away from the

pi i
Sheriff, He was not recaptured until Oct, 5 when he was found

u

GIBSON, Monk
Jackson Co, ,
Gibson, a 16-year-old black youth, lived ima near Edi
area populated almost exclusively by blacks. In Sept., 1905, a +
dJ. F. Condit rented some land in the area and moved there
5 wife, Lora, and their children, 12-year-old Mildred, 10-
1d Herschel, 6-year-old Jesse, 3-year-old Joseph, and weal
Condit hired Gibson to clear some land for him u
8 working some distance avay in a rice harvest, Around noon on
ept. 28, Gibson reported to some blacks that he had seen two men
chasing Mrs, Condit and they sent him to the nearest white neignh-
use to report the affeir to him, e white man went to
the Condit farm, he found Mrs. sath with an
her throat cut, Jos
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and ce some distance from the Hotes,
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Sheriff,

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