Killing of Dock Rogers in North Carolina in 1933

Incident

Case summary

Dock Rogers, 45, a farmer, was killed in 1933 by a mob in Pender County, North Carolina. Deputy sheriff R. T. Murray, Jr. attempted to arrest Rogers allegedly for shooting Mrs. Tom Piner, 60, wife of a farmer. Rogers allegedly barricaded himself inside his shack and shot at Deputy Murray several times. Police officers set fire to the shack and shot Rogers, wounding him. While being taken to a hospital by officers, Rogers was seized by a mob of citizens and fatally shot.

Victim(s):

Dock Rogers


Alleged perpetrators/other named individuals:

A. C. Blake

J. T. Brown

Willie Croom

Sam Ingram

Burney Johnson

Joe Moore

R. T. Murray

I. F. Myers

Ed Nowell

Tom Piner

Dave Wells Rivenbark

Quinn Sutherland

R. C. Williams

Perpetrator group type: police, mob, posse

Date of incident: 1933-08-27
Location: Willard, Pender County, North Carolina
Location type: victim's home
Allegation against victim: insisting on eating breakfast with a white farm family; wounding a white woman in a quarrel with her husband; shooting at a white woman following a dispute with a white bootlegger; shooting a white member of the posse

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

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

DOJ case ID:

95-54-3


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