Killing of Fred Moore in Louisiana in 1933
Incident
Fred Moore, age 16, a farm hand, was killed in 1933 by a lynch mob in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Sheriff Lezine H. Himel arrested Moore for the rape and murder of Anna Mae LaRose, a white teen, and jailed him. Deputy Able Landry gave the jail keys to the mob. After his death Moore’s parents, Louis Moore and Lily Eliska Moore, filed a civil suit against Himel and his insurer. A jury found Himel liable and awarded damages. The insurance company settled.
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- Government Incident Records: 2019-01881-MOORE Fred (1213140871)
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- Answer to Complaint (January 1935)
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- Memorandum of Exceptions Filed by Defendants
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- Motion and Order for Trial
- District Court Summons for Lezin H. Himel
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- U.S. Fidelity Motion to Dismiss Suit
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- Praecipe for Writ of Execution
- Motion to Dismiss
- Motion and Order for Trial (US Guaranty)
- Plaintiff's Complaint, April 1934
- Write of Execution
- Supplemental Plea to Jurisdiction
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- Plea to Jurisdiction
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- Motion to Direct Verdict for Defendant
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- News article from Washington Post about family of Fred Moore being awarded $2,500 after Moore was lynched and killed : May 22, 1936
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- News article from an unidentified newspaper about the settlement made following the killing of Fred Moore
- News articles from the New York Herald-Tribune, World-Telegram, and Chattanooga Times regarding the lynching of Fred Moore : May 1936
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- News article from the New York Times regarding the lynching of Freddy Moore : December 27, 1933
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- News article from the Louisiana Weekly regarding the lynching of Fred Moore : November 11, 1933
- News article from the New York World-Telegraph regarding the lynching of Freddy Moore : December 1933
- News article from Houma Today about recollections of the killing of Fred Moore : October 31, 2007
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- News article from the Louisiana Weekly regarding the lynching of Fred Moore : October 21, 1933
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- News article from an unknown newspaper regarding the lynching of Fred Moore : May 29
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- News article from the Louisiana Weekly regarding the lynching of Fred Moore : October 28, 1933
- News article from an unidentified newspaper about the killing of an unnamed victim
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- News article from the Chicago Defender regarding the lynching of Fred Moore : May 30, 1936
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- News article from the Chicago Defender regarding the lynching of Fred Moore : October 21, 1933
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- News article from the New York Daily regarding the lynching of Freddy Moore : February 27, 1933
- News article from the Louisiana Weekly regarding the lynching of Fred Moore : August 17, 1940
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- News article from the Montgomery Advertiser regarding the lynching of Fred Moore : October 13, 1933
- News article from the New York Daily News about the killing of Fred Moore and the attempted killing of Norman Thibodeaux : February 27, 1933
- News article from the Louisiana Weekly regarding the lynching of Fred Moore : November 4, 1933
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- News article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding the lynching of Fred Moore : October 13, 1935
- News article from the Louisiana Weekly regarding the lynching of Fred Moore : November 11, 1933
- News article from the Louisiana Weekly regarding the lynching of Fred Moore : October 14, 1933
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