Died in custody
Gilmon Holmes
According to an Associated Negro Press report carried by the Phoenix Tribune in October 1921, Gilmon Holmes, a Black man, was taken from the local officers holding him in Columbia, Louisiana, late one night, and a mob lynched him. The lynching followed the death of Sidney Manheim, a station agent and telegraph operator in Columbia. Holmes was a man, and his killing was carried out by the mob that took him from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Associated Negro Press reported that a mob took Gilmon Holmes from authorities in Columbia, Louisiana, and lynched him.
Reported by: Associated Negro Press (reporters).