Name not reported

Laura Nelson's son, a sixteen-year-old, was held in the jail at Okema, Oklahoma, in 1911 along with his mother. Newspaper reports from late May and early June 1911 say a mob took him and his mother out of the jail and hanged him from a bridge across the Canadian River. One garbled newspaper page says the jailer was bound by the group during the taking. The accounts that describe the killing in the most detail are brief, and the papers printed them as statewide news items.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Laura Nelson and her sixteen-year-old son from the jail at Okema, Oklahoma, and hanged them from a bridge over the Canadian River, according to brief newspaper reports.

Reported by: news reports.

Sources (12)

• Evening Times-Republican, May 26, 1911, page 1 Evening Times-Republican, May 26, 1911
• The Raymer Enterprise, June 8, 1911, page 1 The Raymer Enterprise, June 8, 1911
• The Julesburg Grit-Advocate, June 8, 1911, page 6 The Julesburg Grit-Advocate, June 8, 1911
• The Arvada Enterprise, June 8, 1911, page 2 The Arvada Enterprise, June 8, 1911
• The Keota News, June 9, 1911, page 2 The Keota News, June 9, 1911
• The Holly Chieftain, June 9, 1911, page 9 The Holly Chieftain, June 9, 1911
• The Dolores Star, June 9, 1911, page 1 The Dolores Star, June 9, 1911
• The Ordway New Era, June 9, 1911, page 2 The Ordway New Era, June 9, 1911
• The Elbert County Tribune, June 9, 1911, page 4 The Elbert County Tribune, June 9, 1911
• Rocky Ford Enterprise, June 9, 1911, page 2 Rocky Ford Enterprise, June 9, 1911
• The Springfield Herald, June 9, 1911, page 2 The Springfield Herald, June 9, 1911
• The Winslow Mail, June 10, 1911, page 1 The Winslow Mail, June 10, 1911