Died in jail or a lockup
Wood Burke
Wood Burke, a Black man, was being taken by deputies from the Caddo Parish jail to Benton on Thursday night, December 5, 1912, along with two other men. According to The Rice Belt Journal, a mob took the three men from the deputies and lynched them in a swamp a short distance from Benton. The Thibodaux Sentinel reports that the deputies were taken from the men, and it does not describe how the deputies responded.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Wood Burke from deputies conveying him from the Caddo Parish jail to Benton and lynched him in a swamp near Benton.
Reported by: The Rice Belt Journal (reporters).