Robert Powell

Robert Powell was being held at Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston, Texas, on June 20, 1928, when a mob took him from the hospital. According to the New York Evening World, the mob hanged him from a bridge about eight miles from the city. The Omaha Monitor repeated that account in January 1929.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The New York Evening World reported that a mob took Robert Powell from Jefferson Davis hospital in Houston and hanged him from a bridge eight miles from the city.

Reported by: New York Evening World (reporters).

Source

• Omaha Monitor, January 11, 1929, page 1 Omaha Monitor, January 11, 1929