Killing of Fell Jenkins in Louisiana

Incident

Case summary

Fell Jenkins, 20, a farmer, died of wounds, apparently from a lynching, in 1933 in Homer, Louisiana. According to newspaper accounts, Jenkins was whipped by three white men: Clyde Carter, Tommie Sanders, and Luther Gardner. According to an NAACP file, Jenkins was lynched not by just three men, but by a mob.

Victim(s):

Fell Jenkins


Alleged perpetrators/other named individuals:

Clyde Carter

Luther Gardner

Tommie Sanders

Perpetrator group type: [ ]

Date of incident: January 1933
Location: Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
Location type: public space - rural
Allegation against victim: trespassing

Coroner process
Coroner/inquest: yes
Finding of no legal responsibility: yes

Criminal process
Arrest: yes
Charge/indictment/information: [ ]
Grand jury: yes
Trial: [ ]
Conviction: [ ]
Sentence: [ ]


Document(s):
advocacy group resources
census records - closed
death certificates
news articles - closed
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