Walter Davis
Walter Davis, a Black man, was held in the city jail in Marshall, Texas. On the night of October 1, 1903, a mob of several hundred men broke through the jail wall, took him from custody, and marched him to the west side of town, where they hanged him from a tree. The Marshall Musketeers militia had been ordered out but arrived after the mob had already taken him, while part of the mob was talking with the militia officers. One account says others slipped him out of the jail, and another says shots were fired at his body after he was hanged.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the Marshall jail, took him out and hanged him from a tree, according to 1903 newspaper accounts.
Reported by: 1903 newspaper accounts of the Marshall, Texas lynching (reporters).