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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 Sherman Riot of 1930 DOG By daybreak of May 10, most of the town's black businesses, as well as a residence, lay in ashes. On May 20 the grand jury returned seventy indictments against fourteen men in connection with the riot. Lynching was not named in the charges. On May 22 Judge Carter changed the venue to Criminal District Court No. 2 in Dallas. Thirteen of the suspects were sent to Dallas on May 23, and one was released on bond. Mac | Early Adopter | Gadgets Nerds and Geeks typically getplaced as the same types of people. However there are many differences between the two. What Happened? When and Where it Happened Gasoline Event The Sherman riot of 1930 was one of the major incidents of racial violence that occurred in the United States at the onset of the Great Depression, when lynching Burning Event Charge Case What was the Sherman riot double click to change this header text! The Sherman riot of 1930 was one of the major incidents of racial violence that occurred in the United States at the onset of the Great Depression, when lynching and other lawless acts increased with economic problems. The incident initiated a flurry of racial violence in Texas. White tenant farmers had exhibited hostility to blacks throughout the county. As county seat, Sherman was the county's banking, industrial, and educational center. About 2:30 P.M., two youths threw an open can of gasoline into the county tax collector's office through a broken window. A fire started and quickly spread through the building. early morning of Friday, May 9, Capt. Francis A. (Frank) Hamer of the Texas Rangers
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