Name not reported
His widow, Mrs. Alice Rodgers, was described in one account as a quiet, retiring woman who worked as a stenographer in a Jackson law office. He was being held in the jail at Tallulah, Louisiana, when a mob took him out and lynched him. According to the account, the mob had been brought from Monroe to Tallulah on a special train. Mrs. Rodgers sued the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway for $50,000, arguing the railway was liable because it provided the train. A federal trial court directed a verdict for the railway, but an appeals court reversed that ruling and sent the question to a jury.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: his widow, Mrs. Alice Rodgers, in her lawsuit against the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific railway (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His widow, Mrs. Alice Rodgers, sued the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific railway for $50,000 over the lynching, and a federal trial court directed a verdict for the railway before an appeals court reversed that and sent the case to a jury.