Lynchings of Mer Rouge, Louisiana

Lynchings of Mer Rouge, Louisiana
Part of Ku Klux Klan power struggle for control of Northern Louisiana
News coverage of the Lynchings of Mer Rouge, Louisiana including the photos of Filmore Watt Daniel and Thomas F. Richard
Date
  • Disappeared on August 24, 1922
  • Bodies discovered on December 24, 1922
LocationMer Rouge, Louisiana, US
ParticipantsKu Klux Klan (Klan No 34) from Bastrop, Louisiana
Deaths
  • Filmore Watt Daniel
  • Thomas F. Richard
Non-fatal injuries
  • J.L. Daniel, whipped
  • W.C. Andrews, whipped

Filmore Watt Daniels [sic] and Thomas F. Richards [sic] were lynched near Mer Rouge, Louisiana, United States, by black robed Ku Klux Klan members on August 24, 1922. According to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary they were the 47th and 48th of 61 lynchings during 1922 in the United States. There were five lynchings in the state of Louisiana and of the 61 lynchings they were 2 of 6 white victims.

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