Deaths in Custody
Died in custody

Name not reported

Claiborne County

A Black man whose name is not given was taken from the authorities at Emerson, Arkansas, by a mob of white and Black people, according to The Donaldsonville Chief of December 29, 1906. The mob whipped him to death, and his body was found in a public road in northern Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, about twenty steps from the Arkansas line.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report