Laura Adams
Laura Adams, a Black woman, was held in the jail at Okema, Oklahoma, in May 1911, together with her teenage son. Newspaper accounts from late May and early June 1911 say a mob took them from the jail, dragged them about six miles to the Canadian River, and hanged them from the timbers of a bridge. The Wibaux Pioneer reported that no official investigation of the lynching would be held. Whether the jailers or sheriff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the two over is not stated in these accounts.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Laura Adams from the Okema, Oklahoma jail, dragged her about six miles to the Canadian River and hanged her from a bridge, according to a 1911 newspaper report.
Reported by: Madison Daily Leader (reporters).