Millery Dodson

Millery Dodson, a Black man, was held in the jail at Baton Rouge Junction, Louisiana, according to a brief item in The Hocking Sentinel published on October 25, 1900. The paper reports that a mob of white men took him from the jail and hanged him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief item in The Hocking Sentinel reports that a mob of white men took Millery Dodson from the jail at Baton Rouge Junction, Louisiana, and hanged him.

Reported by: The Hocking Sentinel (reporters).

Source

• The Hocking Sentinel, October 25, 1900, page 2 The Hocking Sentinel, October 25, 1900