Lewis Wood

According to a special dispatch to the New Orleans Times-Democrat, Lewis Wood, a Black man, was in the custody of a deputy sheriff at Edgerly Station when a mob took him and killed him on October 12, 1883. The dispatch describes the killing as a lynching.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch to the New Orleans Times-Democrat reports that a mob took Lewis Wood from a deputy sheriff at Edgerly Station and lynched him.

Reported by: New Orleans Times-Democrat special dispatch (reporters).

Sources (3)

• Eureka Daily Sentinel, October 11, 1883, page 2 Eureka Daily Sentinel, October 11, 1883
• Eureka Daily Sentinel, October 14, 1883, page 2 Eureka Daily Sentinel, October 14, 1883
• The Semi-Weekly Miner, October 17, 1883, page 1 The Semi-Weekly Miner, October 17, 1883