Jim Hurd

Jim Hurd was one of three Black men being taken by deputies from the Caddo Parish jail to Benton on the night of Thursday, December 5, 1912. According to The Rice Belt Journal, a mob took the three men from the deputies and lynched them in a swamp a short distance from Benton. The Thibodaux Sentinel also reported that the men were taken from the deputies on that Thursday.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Rice Belt Journal reports that a mob took Jim Hurd from deputies conveying him from the Caddo Parish jail to Benton and lynched him in a nearby swamp.

Reported by: The Rice Belt Journal (reporters).

News reports (2)

• The Rice Belt Journal, December 6, 1912, page 2 The Rice Belt Journal, December 6, 1912
• The Thibodaux Sentinel, December 7, 1912, page 1 The Thibodaux Sentinel, December 7, 1912