Lemmel Walters
Lemmel Walters was held in the Longview jail in Texas. According to a Longview correspondent's dispatch reprinted in The Gazette, a crowd of white men took him from the jail on June 17, 1919, and the dispatch says the sheriff welcomed the mob and recognized members of it as they passed through the gate. The same dispatch reports that Walters was shot and his body left by the roadside at the edge of town, and that people of his race buried him. The dispatch also says officials tried to keep the killing from becoming known.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Longview correspondent's dispatch, reprinted in The Gazette, says a white mob took Walters from the Longview jail and shot him after the sheriff welcomed the mob and recognized members of it.
Reported by: Longview correspondent's dispatch reprinted in The Gazette (reporters).