Henry Gardner
Henry Gardner, a young Black man, was held in the city jail in Monroe, Louisiana. According to the Associated Press, a mob of about fifty men took him and another prisoner, Flint Williams, from the jail shortly before 2 a.m. on March 15, 1907. The Picayune reported that the keys were taken from a police officer at gunpoint, and the Southern Sentinel said the seizure had been planned during the day. The mob marched the two men to the courthouse square and hanged them from an oak tree.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Picayune reported that the keys were taken from a police officer at gunpoint and that the mob's action was carefully planned, and the Associated Press reported that a posse member took the jailer's key at gunpoint before the prisoners were marched to the courthouse square and hanged.
Reported by: The Picayune (reporters); Associated Press (reporters).