George Wernes

Georg Werner, a Black man, was held at the parish jail in Port Allen, Louisiana, when a mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a signpost near the scene of an earlier shooting, in early February 1921. The Cordele Dispatch described it as the first lynching in the state in over a year. Governor Parker was reported to have ordered a grand jury in Iberville Parish to investigate, though the earlier incident was in West Baton Rouge Parish. Whether jail officers resisted the mob or handed him over has not been reported.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Georg Werner from the Port Allen parish jail and hanged him to a signpost near the scene of an earlier shooting, and the Associated Negro Press reported the lynching; the accounts do not say whether jail officers resisted or gave him up.

Reported by: Associated Negro Press (reporters); Louisiana newspaper report of the lynching (reporters).

News reports (3)

• The Cordele Dispatch And Daily Sentinel, February 2, 1921, page 1 The Cordele Dispatch And Daily Sentinel, February 2, 1921
• Bogalusa Enterprise And American, February 10, 1921, page 2 Bogalusa Enterprise And American, February 10, 1921
• The Dallas Express, February 12, 1921, page 7 The Dallas Express, February 12, 1921