Rodgers
Rodgers was held in the jail at Tallulah, Louisiana, when a mob organized at Monroe travelled to the town on a specially chartered train, took him from the jail and lynched him. His widow, Alice Rodgers, sued the railway company for $50,000 over the chartering of the train, and one account describes her as a quiet, retiring woman who worked in a Jackson law office. The case was set for trial in federal court in Jackson, Mississippi.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Mrs. Alice Rodgers, in her damage suit against the railway, says a mob took him from the Tallulah jail and lynched him.
Reported by: Mrs. Alice Rodgers (family or their lawyers); news reports.
Lawsuit: His widow, Alice Rodgers, sued the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway, seeking $50,000 over the special train used by the mob, and an appeals court reversed a trial court ruling for the railway, with no payment reported.