Died in jail or a lockup
Silas Jimmerson
Silas Jimmerson, a Black man, was one of three men being conveyed by deputies from the Caddo Parish jail to Benton on Thursday night, December 5, 1912. A mob took him and the other two men from the deputies and lynched them in a swamp a short distance from Benton. The Rice Belt Journal reported the killing, and The Thibodaux Sentinel also reported that he was taken from the deputies and lynched on that date.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Rice Belt Journal reports that a mob took Silas Jimmerson from deputies conveying him from the Caddo Parish jail to Benton and lynched him in a swamp near Benton.
Reported by: The Rice Belt Journal (reporters).