Clarke

Clarke was held in the jail at Monroe, in Ouachita County, Louisiana, when a crowd took them out on Saturday night, April 26, 1884, and hanged them. A telegram datelined Shreveport, Louisiana, reprinted in The Dawson Journal on May 1, 1884, is the source for the killing. The telegram says the crowd took Clarke from the jail and hanged them, but it does not say how the crowd got in or whether jail staff resisted, gave up the keys, or handed Clarke over.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A telegram from Shreveport reported that a crowd took Clarke from the Monroe jail on Saturday night and hanged him.

Reported by: telegram from Shreveport, La., reprinted in the Dawson Journal (reporters).

Source

• The Dawson Journal, May 1, 1884, page 3 The Dawson Journal, May 1, 1884