Henry Johnson
Henry Johnson, a Black man, was held in the Echo jail in Louisiana. Newspaper reports of an Alexandria dispatch say that on the night of May 31, 1907, about 150 men took him from the jail and hanged him from a nearby tree, and that they met no resistance. Deputy Sheriff Richardson, as quoted in one report, said he had telegraphed Alexandria for help and held the crowd back until about 8 o'clock, when he left to eat supper and heard about fifty shots. One account says the jailer was told Johnson had been lynched.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch from Alexandria, La., reports that a mob of about 150 men took Henry Johnson from the Echo jail and hanged him from a nearby tree, after the deputy sheriff held them back until about 8 o'clock.
Reported by: Deputy Sheriff Richardson (as cited in newspaper report of Alexandria dispatch) (the agency that held him); Alexandria, La. dispatch in newspaper (reporters).