Jim Davis

Jim Davis, a Black man, was held in the Lula jail in Lula, Mississippi, in October 1908. According to a special dispatch printed in the Memphis and Birmingham papers, a mob took him from the jail on the night of October 11 and hanged him. The dispatch tied the killing to a railroad conductor who had been shot on a passenger train near Lula that same day.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch from Lula, Mississippi, reports that a mob took Jim Davis from the jail and hanged him.

Reported by: Memphis newspaper special dispatch from Lula, Miss. (reporters).

News reports (3)

• The Montgomery Advertiser, October 12, 1908, page 1 The Montgomery Advertiser, October 12, 1908
• The Birmingham Age-Herald, October 13, 1908, page 8 The Birmingham Age-Herald, October 13, 1908
• Hopkinsville Kentuckian, October 15, 1908, page 4 Hopkinsville Kentuckian, October 15, 1908