Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name is not given, was being brought to Alexandria, Louisiana, for safekeeping by a deputy sheriff in July 1907, according to the Macon Beacon. A mob took him from the deputy and hanged him from a tree about twelve miles from Alexandria. The paper reported that this was the second lynching near Alexandria that month.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.