R. T. Rogers
R. T. Rogers was held in the Madison Parish jail at Tallulah, Louisiana. On the night of Monday, May 28, 1906, a mob of about twenty-five men arrived on a special train from Monroe, broke open the jail and hanged him near midnight. According to a telegram from the district attorney and sheriff to Governor Blanchard, the sheriff had no time to take effective steps to protect him. A special grand jury was later convened to investigate the lynching, and citizens from nearby parishes were summoned to testify.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob came by special train from Monroe, broke into the Madison Parish jail at Tallulah and hanged him; the district attorney and sheriff reported the lynching to the governor by telegram.
Reported by: District Attorney Jeff B. Snyder and Sheriff A. J. Zevier, by telegram to Governor Blanchard (the agency that held him); New Orleans Picayune, special dispatch from Tallulah (reporters); Associated Press report datelined Monroe, La. (reporters).
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