Died in jail or a lockup
Jerome Wilson
Jerome Wilson was held at the jail at Franklinton, Louisiana, when a mob entered the building on January 11, 1935. According to the Atlanta Daily World, the mob shot him and carried his body about three miles out of town, where it was left on the road. The paper described his death as the first Louisiana lynching of 1935.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob entered the jail at Franklinton, Louisiana, shot Jerome Wilson and left his body on a road about three miles out of town.
Reported by: news reports.