Henry Mandam

Henry Mandam, a Black man, was held in the custody of the sheriff and his deputies at Cooper, Texas, when a mob took him from them on January 17, 1913, according to a dispatch in The Cairo Bulletin. The mob hanged him from a telegraph pole in the public square. The dispatch does not name the place where he was held.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Cairo Bulletin, January 18, 1913, page 1 The Cairo Bulletin, January 18, 1913