Negress Taken From Jail

Title: Negress Taken From Jail
Source Type: Newspaper
Publisher: The San Fransisco Call
Publication Place: San Fransisco, CA
Publication Date: 07/26/1910
Transcript: MONROE. La., July 25. Unidentified
men broke into the city jail here early
today and carried oft Laura Porter, a
2:-£to woman prisoner, keeper of a
retort where white men are reported
"i have been robbed on several occa
sions. It is generally believed she was
thrown into the Ouachita river and
drowned. The Porter woman had been
\u25a0 warned to leave town many times prior
.:o her recent arrest for larceny. Of
\u25a0 licx-rg declared they had unearthed a
.conspiracy which showed that the
woman had lured intoxicated white
men to her resort, where they were
leaten and robbed by negroes.
Sources for: Laura Porter