Louis Thompson

Louis Thompson was a hack driver. He was held in a jail near the depot in Memphis, and on the night of July 20, 1875, a group of disguised men took him from the jail and hanged him, according to a Memphis dispatch reprinted in the Fayetteville Observer. The sheriff cut down his body the next morning and buried it.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Memphis dispatch reprinted in the Fayetteville Observer says a group of disguised men took Louis Thompson from jail and hanged him.

Reported by: Memphis dispatch reprinted in the Fayetteville Observer (reporters).

Source

• Fayetteville Observer, July 29, 1875, page 3 Fayetteville Observer, July 29, 1875