Killing of Eugene Jones in Louisiana in 1949
Incident
Eugene Jones (1907-1949), a construction worker and veteran, was killed in police custody in Gretna, Louisiana. According to newspaper accounts, the police claimed they arrested Jones for selling marijuana. The arresting officers were Lt. Joseph Maes and Patrolman Jules Martin. Jones’s widow said that police had brutally beaten her husband multiple times before they finally took him off to jail, where he died.
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- Government Incident Records: 2018-00904-JONES Eugene (1058004028)
- Government Incident Records: 2018-00904-JONES Eugene (1058004028)
- Government Incident Records: 2019-01884-TAYLOR Nathan (1213438201)
- Department of Justice, litigation case files. Eugene Jones
- Government Incident Records: 2018-00904-JONES Eugene (1058004028)
- Government Incident Records: 2020-02239-JUGGER Ocie (1321716286)
- Government Incident Records: 2018-00904-JONES Eugene (1058004028)
- Journalism: 2018-00904-JONES Eugene (1058004028)
- News article from the Louisiana Weekly regarding the slaying of Eugene Jones : November 19, 1949
- Journalism: 2018-00904-JONES Eugene (1058004028)
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World regarding the fatal beating of Eugene Jones : November 16, 1949
- Journalism: 2018-00904-JONES Eugene (1058004028)
- News article from the Times-Picayune about the death of Eugene Jones in jail : November 11, 1949
- News article from the Times-Picayune about the death of Eugene Jones in jail : November 9, 1949
- Journalism: 2018-00904-JONES Eugene (1058004028)
- Journalism: 2018-00904-JONES Eugene (1058004028)
- Journalism: 2018-00904-JONES Eugene (1058004028)
- News article from the Times Picayune regarding the beating of Eugene Jones : November 1, 1949
- News article from the Baltimore Afro-American regarding the beating of Eugene Jones : November 26, 1949
- News article from the Pittsburgh Courier regarding the beating of Eugene Jones : December 24, 1949
- Journalism: 2018-00904-JONES Eugene (1058004028)
- Journalism: 2018-00904-JONES Eugene (1058004028)
- News article from Chicago Defender about murder of Eugene Jones while in police custody : November 19, 1949
- News article from unidentified newspaper about beating and death of Eugene Jones while in police custody : 1949
- Journalism: 2018-00904-JONES Eugene (1058004028)
- News article from the Louisiana Weekly regarding the beating of Eugene Jones : November 12, 1949
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