Manilas Jackson

Manilas Jackson was being taken by a deputy sheriff to Alexandria, Louisiana, for safe keeping in July 1907. A mob took him from the deputy and killed him. His body was later found hanging from a tree about twelve miles from Alexandria. The Farmington Times reported this as the second lynching near Alexandria that month.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A deputy sheriff was bringing Manilas Jackson to Alexandria for safe keeping when a mob took him from the deputy and hanged him from a tree about twelve miles away.

Reported by: deputy sheriff escorting him (per the 1907 newspaper account).

Source

• The Farmington Times, July 5, 1907, page 2 The Farmington Times, July 5, 1907