Name not reported

On Saturday, September 6, 1919, a Black man held in the custody of the Morehouse Parish sheriff was on his way to jail when a mob of about forty men intercepted the sheriff near Merrouge, Louisiana. According to a news dispatch, the men took him from the sheriff and shot him to death.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news dispatch datelined Monroe, La. (reporters).

News reports (3)

• Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, September 7, 1919, page 1 Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, September 7, 1919
• The Kentuckian, September 10, 1919, page 2 The Kentuckian, September 10, 1919
• The Dallas Express, September 13, 1919, page 2 The Dallas Express, September 13, 1919