Killing of T. C. Davis in Louisiana

Incident

Case summary

T.C. Davis, age 30, a tenant farmer, was killed in 1937 by Night Marshall Earl Campbell, Louis McDowell, Milton McDowell, and Alton McDowell in Blanchard, Louisiana. Davis was shot in the home of James Dawson on the J.C. Powell plantation during an argument involving Campbell and the McDowells. A trial jury acquitted. Davis’s wife Sylvia filed an unsuccessful civil suit.

Victim(s):

T. C. Davis


Alleged perpetrators/other named individuals:

Earl Campbell

Isaac Carter

Alton McDowell

Milton McDowell

Louis McDowell

Perpetrator group type: police

Date of incident: on or before 1937-04-10
Location: Blanchard, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Location type: private space - domestic
Allegation against victim: protecting a black woman who had left her job on a farm; threatening to attack a white man

Coroner process
Coroner/inquest: [ ]
Finding of no legal responsibility: [ ]

Criminal process
Arrest: yes
Charge/indictment/information: [ ]
Grand jury: [ ]
Trial: yes
Conviction: no
Sentence: [ ]


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census records - closed
court records
death certificates
news articles - closed
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