Hobo Brown
Hobo Brown, a Black man, was held in the jail at Port Allen in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, in late May 1909. The Hattiesburg News reported that masked men posing as deputies brought a prisoner to the jail early on May 28, and when the jailer unbarred the door they overpowered him, took his keys, and dragged Brown from his cell. The Montgomery Advertiser said the men broke down the cell door, and an Associated Press report dated the mob's arrival to the night of May 27. Papers differ on the date and spell his name as Hobe in one account and Hobo in the others. Reports describe him as lynched by the mob, and he was not seen again.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took Hobo Brown from the Port Allen jail in May 1909 and is reported to have lynched him.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).