Frank Davis

Frank Davis, a Black man, was held in the jail at Lula, Mississippi. According to special dispatches from Lula published in Memphis, Birmingham and Hopkinsville, Kentucky, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him on the night of October 11, 1908. The dispatches were printed in 1908 and are the only accounts of his death. Lula is in Coahoma County, Mississippi.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch from Lula, Mississippi, reported that a mob took Frank Davis from the jail and hanged him.

Reported by: Memphis newspaper special dispatch from Lula, Miss. (reporters).

News reports (3)

• The Montgomery Advertiser, October 12, 1908, page 1 The Montgomery Advertiser, October 12, 1908
• The Birmingham Age-Herald, October 13, 1908, page 8 The Birmingham Age-Herald, October 13, 1908
• Hopkinsville Kentuckian, October 15, 1908, page 4 Hopkinsville Kentuckian, October 15, 1908