Alexander Hill
Alexander Hill, who is Black, was held at the Floyd jail in Floyd, Louisiana, when Hill was killed in October 1909. According to a long distance telephone message reported by the United Press and published in the Laredo Weekly Times on October 31, 1909, a mob of about 2,000 armed men stormed the jail, took Hill and Joe Gilford from it, and hanged them. The same message said Black residents of West Carroll parish were terrorized afterward, and that authorities said the situation was under control.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A long distance telephone message reported by the United Press says a mob of about 2,000 armed men stormed the Floyd jail, took him out and hanged him.
Reported by: long distance telephone message reported by the United Press (reporters).