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Elmer Jackson. Coroner's Records, Duluth District. No. 59.
Type of event: Lynchings
Location: Saint Louis County; Minnesota; United States
Document date:
Document type: Gov't Record(s)
Document subtype: Coroner’s Record
Documents: Elmer Jackson. Coroner's Records, Duluth District. No. 59.
Citation:
Saint Louis County (Minn.). Coroner.
Coroner’s Records, Duluth District.
Coroner’s Reports.
Volume A, October 1919-October 1921.
Case No. 59, June 16, 1920.
Elmer Jackson.
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59
CORONER’S RECORD
Year 1920 Coroner, C.F. McComb, M.D.
Case No.
[59]
Full Name: Elmer Jackson (colored)
Date: June 16,
1920
Place of Death: Duluth, Minn. 2nd Ave E and 1st
St.
Place of Burial: Park Hill, Duluth.
Place of
Accident:
Undertaker: Grady &
Horgan
Residence: Unknown
Autopsy: No post-mortem
examination
Age: 25
Sex: Male
Inquest:
Nationality: Colored
Effects
taken in Charge: None
Occupation: Circus Laborer
Cause of
Death: Homicide Intentional
Delivered to Whom:
Marks of
Identification: Scar on left wrist
Approximate Weight: 185 lbs.
Color of
Eyes: Black
Hair: Black
Approximate
Height: 5’-7”
Witnesses:
Address:
Remarks: Deceased was
hung to light pole by uncontrollable mob
June 15, 1920 (2nd Ave. East and 1st St.) Duluth, June 15.