Cemetery records at the Kansas State Historical Society Archives:
buried: June 16, 1950
mortuary: Bowser
age: 76
Clifton Edward Jackson
next of kin: Clifton R. Jackson
interment # 4758
Grave 2, Lot 53, Block 20
Topeka State Journal, Friday, June 16, 1950, page 7A:
Clifton E. Jackson
Clifton Edward Jackson, of 1428 Edison, died Thursday in a local hospital.
He was born in Saline county, Missouri, and was retired in 1938 after 24 years with the Santa Fe. He had resided in Topeka 32 years.
He is survived by four sons, Clifton R. of Topeka, Mack of San Francisco and Stonewall and Reuben of Oakland, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Rachel Jordan of Topeka; a brother, Thomas of Marshall, Mo.; a granddaughter, Fedessa Fisher of Topeka; two grandsons, Edward and Leroy Jackson of San Francisco, and other relatives.
Home in 1910 Blackwater, Saline, Missouri, USA
Clifton Jackson, 36, Head, born Missouri
Rachel Jackson, 35, Wife, born Missouri
Clifton Jackson, 17, Son, born: 21 Mar 1893, Missouri ;died: 22 Feb 1976 in Los Angeles, CA (middle name Robert)
Elmer Jackson, 13, Son; born: 19 Apr 1897 ; Black victim of a 1920 triple lynching in Duluth, Minnesota. The three were members of a circus passing through Duluth at the time a 17-year-old white girl was allegedly attacked.
Sarah Ann Jackson, 8, Daughter
Mack Jackson, 6, Son, may have died in Arizona
Rachel M Jackson, 4, Daughter
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Topeka Daily Capital, Wednesday, June 23, 1920, page 3:
C.E. Jackson Believes His Son May Have Been Negro Hanged At Duluth
Believing that his son, Ernest Jackson, 22 years old, was one of three Negroes hanged by a mob at Duluth Tuesday, June 15, C.E. Jackson, 1403 Quincy street, will leave here today for Duluth to learn the truth about the tragedy at first hand.
Ernest, who was a mechanic in the Santa Fe shops, left here a year ago to visit relatives in Chicago, and has not written to his father since. When newspaper reports of the lynching published the name of Elmer Jackson as one of the victims, the boy's father became alarmed. The circumstance that the dead men had been employed by a traveling show gave Jackson further uneasiness, because his son had followed that life before, once having spent three years as a roustabout with circuses and carnivals.
Charles Lytle, deputy marshal of the court of Topeka, telegraphed the chief of police at Duluth in regard to the lynching. John Murphy, the chief, replied: "Ernest Jackson not among the Negroes arrested or hanged here."
Not satisfied with this report, Jackson asked Sheriff Hugh Larimer to send a second query to the sheriff of St. Louis county, Minn. The reply, signed by Frank L. Magee, sheriff, said: "One of the Negroes hanged here Tuesday was Elmer Jackson."
When informed of this answer yesterday, Jackson prepared to leave town to set at rest the uncertainty which tortured him since the first news of the massacre.
Lytle, who knew the boy, said that Ernest was a hard worker, thoroughly reliable, and a boy who had never been in any kind of trouble for violating the law. The men killed at Duluth were suspected of rape.
E.C. Jackson, the father, is also a mechanic at the Santa Fe shops. He lives by himself in a humble apartment. His wife died a year ago. Since that time, he has sent his two small children to board with friends. They are Reuben, 8 years old, and Ruth, 10. His neighbors describe him as a kind father, who has done his best to take the place of the dead mother in the lives of the little ones. His fourth child, Mack, a boy 16 years old, ran away last spring to join a circus, lured by the same spell supposed to have brought disaster to his elder brother.
The Topeka Plaindealer, Friday, July 2, 1920, page 6:
Braved The Riot Spirit
Hon. Elisha Scott Young Brilliant Topeka Attorney Who Braved The Mob Spirit In Defence Of The Race
Mr. C.E. Jackson and Attorney Elisha Scott returned from Duluth, Minn. where claim was filed against the city for $7,500 for the lynching of Mr. Jackson's son, Elmer.
He had some trouble in having the body exhumed for identification. The County Attorney did not give the assistance that he should but gave Mr. Jackson to understand that it would cast only $5 to have the body taken up but when he found the undertaker he wanted $10 and charged $3 to take the friend of Mr. Jackson with him to witness the affair.
After the grave was opened and after reaching the corpse, it was found that the body was in a box of slats. The dirt was in the box and on the face. They had to brush the dirt off the face for identification. The body was found to be in an awful condition and was fearfully mutilated and the head seemed to have been crushed in with an axe of hammer. This poor was a poor innocent creature with nothing against him but the nationality to which he belonged. There was no evidence to convict him for any crime. The rumors that this girl had stayed out late with a young white fellow that caused the news to spread that she had been outraged by some Colored boy. It is a disgrace to the county to allow a body after having been mobbed to be buried like a dog. The state laws of Minnesota provide a certain amount, where a mob violence has been allowed, to destroy life, not to exceed $7,500. This claim is pending before the city of Duluth. It is reported that the official aided the mob. This is an outrage and if it is so the guilty culprits should be discharged from the service of a peaceful, heretofore lawabiding and justice serving city. The body was left in Duluth.
If there is such a thing as justice to be had in the city of Duluth, Attorney Scott can be relied upon to seek out and capture that elusive dame.
buried: June 16, 1950
mortuary: Bowser
age: 76
Clifton Edward Jackson
next of kin: Clifton R. Jackson
interment # 4758
Grave 2, Lot 53, Block 20
Topeka State Journal, Friday, June 16, 1950, page 7A:
Clifton E. Jackson
Clifton Edward Jackson, of 1428 Edison, died Thursday in a local hospital.
He was born in Saline county, Missouri, and was retired in 1938 after 24 years with the Santa Fe. He had resided in Topeka 32 years.
He is survived by four sons, Clifton R. of Topeka, Mack of San Francisco and Stonewall and Reuben of Oakland, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Rachel Jordan of Topeka; a brother, Thomas of Marshall, Mo.; a granddaughter, Fedessa Fisher of Topeka; two grandsons, Edward and Leroy Jackson of San Francisco, and other relatives.
Home in 1910 Blackwater, Saline, Missouri, USA
Clifton Jackson, 36, Head, born Missouri
Rachel Jackson, 35, Wife, born Missouri
Clifton Jackson, 17, Son, born: 21 Mar 1893, Missouri ;died: 22 Feb 1976 in Los Angeles, CA (middle name Robert)
Elmer Jackson, 13, Son; born: 19 Apr 1897 ; Black victim of a 1920 triple lynching in Duluth, Minnesota. The three were members of a circus passing through Duluth at the time a 17-year-old white girl was allegedly attacked.
Sarah Ann Jackson, 8, Daughter
Mack Jackson, 6, Son, may have died in Arizona
Rachel M Jackson, 4, Daughter
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Topeka Daily Capital, Wednesday, June 23, 1920, page 3:
C.E. Jackson Believes His Son May Have Been Negro Hanged At Duluth
Believing that his son, Ernest Jackson, 22 years old, was one of three Negroes hanged by a mob at Duluth Tuesday, June 15, C.E. Jackson, 1403 Quincy street, will leave here today for Duluth to learn the truth about the tragedy at first hand.
Ernest, who was a mechanic in the Santa Fe shops, left here a year ago to visit relatives in Chicago, and has not written to his father since. When newspaper reports of the lynching published the name of Elmer Jackson as one of the victims, the boy's father became alarmed. The circumstance that the dead men had been employed by a traveling show gave Jackson further uneasiness, because his son had followed that life before, once having spent three years as a roustabout with circuses and carnivals.
Charles Lytle, deputy marshal of the court of Topeka, telegraphed the chief of police at Duluth in regard to the lynching. John Murphy, the chief, replied: "Ernest Jackson not among the Negroes arrested or hanged here."
Not satisfied with this report, Jackson asked Sheriff Hugh Larimer to send a second query to the sheriff of St. Louis county, Minn. The reply, signed by Frank L. Magee, sheriff, said: "One of the Negroes hanged here Tuesday was Elmer Jackson."
When informed of this answer yesterday, Jackson prepared to leave town to set at rest the uncertainty which tortured him since the first news of the massacre.
Lytle, who knew the boy, said that Ernest was a hard worker, thoroughly reliable, and a boy who had never been in any kind of trouble for violating the law. The men killed at Duluth were suspected of rape.
E.C. Jackson, the father, is also a mechanic at the Santa Fe shops. He lives by himself in a humble apartment. His wife died a year ago. Since that time, he has sent his two small children to board with friends. They are Reuben, 8 years old, and Ruth, 10. His neighbors describe him as a kind father, who has done his best to take the place of the dead mother in the lives of the little ones. His fourth child, Mack, a boy 16 years old, ran away last spring to join a circus, lured by the same spell supposed to have brought disaster to his elder brother.
The Topeka Plaindealer, Friday, July 2, 1920, page 6:
Braved The Riot Spirit
Hon. Elisha Scott Young Brilliant Topeka Attorney Who Braved The Mob Spirit In Defence Of The Race
Mr. C.E. Jackson and Attorney Elisha Scott returned from Duluth, Minn. where claim was filed against the city for $7,500 for the lynching of Mr. Jackson's son, Elmer.
He had some trouble in having the body exhumed for identification. The County Attorney did not give the assistance that he should but gave Mr. Jackson to understand that it would cast only $5 to have the body taken up but when he found the undertaker he wanted $10 and charged $3 to take the friend of Mr. Jackson with him to witness the affair.
After the grave was opened and after reaching the corpse, it was found that the body was in a box of slats. The dirt was in the box and on the face. They had to brush the dirt off the face for identification. The body was found to be in an awful condition and was fearfully mutilated and the head seemed to have been crushed in with an axe of hammer. This poor was a poor innocent creature with nothing against him but the nationality to which he belonged. There was no evidence to convict him for any crime. The rumors that this girl had stayed out late with a young white fellow that caused the news to spread that she had been outraged by some Colored boy. It is a disgrace to the county to allow a body after having been mobbed to be buried like a dog. The state laws of Minnesota provide a certain amount, where a mob violence has been allowed, to destroy life, not to exceed $7,500. This claim is pending before the city of Duluth. It is reported that the official aided the mob. This is an outrage and if it is so the guilty culprits should be discharged from the service of a peaceful, heretofore lawabiding and justice serving city. The body was left in Duluth.
If there is such a thing as justice to be had in the city of Duluth, Attorney Scott can be relied upon to seek out and capture that elusive dame.
Cemetery records at the Kansas State Historical Society Archives:
buried: June 16, 1950
mortuary: Bowser
age: 76
Clifton Edward Jackson
next of kin: Clifton R. Jackson
interment # 4758
Grave 2, Lot 53, Block 20
Topeka State Journal, Friday, June 16, 1950, page 7A:
Clifton E. Jackson
Clifton Edward Jackson, of 1428 Edison, died Thursday in a local hospital.
He was born in Saline county, Missouri, and was retired in 1938 after 24 years with the Santa Fe. He had resided in Topeka 32 years.
He is survived by four sons, Clifton R. of Topeka, Mack of San Francisco and Stonewall and Reuben of Oakland, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Rachel Jordan of Topeka; a brother, Thomas of Marshall, Mo.; a granddaughter, Fedessa Fisher of Topeka; two grandsons, Edward and Leroy Jackson of San Francisco, and other relatives.
Home in 1910 Blackwater, Saline, Missouri, USA
Clifton Jackson, 36, Head, born Missouri
Rachel Jackson, 35, Wife, born Missouri
Clifton Jackson, 17, Son, born: 21 Mar 1893, Missouri ;died: 22 Feb 1976 in Los Angeles, CA (middle name Robert)
Elmer Jackson, 13, Son; born: 19 Apr 1897 ; Black victim of a 1920 triple lynching in Duluth, Minnesota. The three were members of a circus passing through Duluth at the time a 17-year-old white girl was allegedly attacked.
Sarah Ann Jackson, 8, Daughter
Mack Jackson, 6, Son, may have died in Arizona
Rachel M Jackson, 4, Daughter
*********************
Topeka Daily Capital, Wednesday, June 23, 1920, page 3:
C.E. Jackson Believes His Son May Have Been Negro Hanged At Duluth
Believing that his son, Ernest Jackson, 22 years old, was one of three Negroes hanged by a mob at Duluth Tuesday, June 15, C.E. Jackson, 1403 Quincy street, will leave here today for Duluth to learn the truth about the tragedy at first hand.
Ernest, who was a mechanic in the Santa Fe shops, left here a year ago to visit relatives in Chicago, and has not written to his father since. When newspaper reports of the lynching published the name of Elmer Jackson as one of the victims, the boy's father became alarmed. The circumstance that the dead men had been employed by a traveling show gave Jackson further uneasiness, because his son had followed that life before, once having spent three years as a roustabout with circuses and carnivals.
Charles Lytle, deputy marshal of the court of Topeka, telegraphed the chief of police at Duluth in regard to the lynching. John Murphy, the chief, replied: "Ernest Jackson not among the Negroes arrested or hanged here."
Not satisfied with this report, Jackson asked Sheriff Hugh Larimer to send a second query to the sheriff of St. Louis county, Minn. The reply, signed by Frank L. Magee, sheriff, said: "One of the Negroes hanged here Tuesday was Elmer Jackson."
When informed of this answer yesterday, Jackson prepared to leave town to set at rest the uncertainty which tortured him since the first news of the massacre.
Lytle, who knew the boy, said that Ernest was a hard worker, thoroughly reliable, and a boy who had never been in any kind of trouble for violating the law. The men killed at Duluth were suspected of rape.
E.C. Jackson, the father, is also a mechanic at the Santa Fe shops. He lives by himself in a humble apartment. His wife died a year ago. Since that time, he has sent his two small children to board with friends. They are Reuben, 8 years old, and Ruth, 10. His neighbors describe him as a kind father, who has done his best to take the place of the dead mother in the lives of the little ones. His fourth child, Mack, a boy 16 years old, ran away last spring to join a circus, lured by the same spell supposed to have brought disaster to his elder brother.
The Topeka Plaindealer, Friday, July 2, 1920, page 6:
Braved The Riot Spirit
Hon. Elisha Scott Young Brilliant Topeka Attorney Who Braved The Mob Spirit In Defence Of The Race
Mr. C.E. Jackson and Attorney Elisha Scott returned from Duluth, Minn. where claim was filed against the city for $7,500 for the lynching of Mr. Jackson's son, Elmer.
He had some trouble in having the body exhumed for identification. The County Attorney did not give the assistance that he should but gave Mr. Jackson to understand that it would cast only $5 to have the body taken up but when he found the undertaker he wanted $10 and charged $3 to take the friend of Mr. Jackson with him to witness the affair.
After the grave was opened and after reaching the corpse, it was found that the body was in a box of slats. The dirt was in the box and on the face. They had to brush the dirt off the face for identification. The body was found to be in an awful condition and was fearfully mutilated and the head seemed to have been crushed in with an axe of hammer. This poor was a poor innocent creature with nothing against him but the nationality to which he belonged. There was no evidence to convict him for any crime. The rumors that this girl had stayed out late with a young white fellow that caused the news to spread that she had been outraged by some Colored boy. It is a disgrace to the county to allow a body after having been mobbed to be buried like a dog. The state laws of Minnesota provide a certain amount, where a mob violence has been allowed, to destroy life, not to exceed $7,500. This claim is pending before the city of Duluth. It is reported that the official aided the mob. This is an outrage and if it is so the guilty culprits should be discharged from the service of a peaceful, heretofore lawabiding and justice serving city. The body was left in Duluth.
If there is such a thing as justice to be had in the city of Duluth, Attorney Scott can be relied upon to seek out and capture that elusive dame.
buried: June 16, 1950
mortuary: Bowser
age: 76
Clifton Edward Jackson
next of kin: Clifton R. Jackson
interment # 4758
Grave 2, Lot 53, Block 20
Topeka State Journal, Friday, June 16, 1950, page 7A:
Clifton E. Jackson
Clifton Edward Jackson, of 1428 Edison, died Thursday in a local hospital.
He was born in Saline county, Missouri, and was retired in 1938 after 24 years with the Santa Fe. He had resided in Topeka 32 years.
He is survived by four sons, Clifton R. of Topeka, Mack of San Francisco and Stonewall and Reuben of Oakland, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Rachel Jordan of Topeka; a brother, Thomas of Marshall, Mo.; a granddaughter, Fedessa Fisher of Topeka; two grandsons, Edward and Leroy Jackson of San Francisco, and other relatives.
Home in 1910 Blackwater, Saline, Missouri, USA
Clifton Jackson, 36, Head, born Missouri
Rachel Jackson, 35, Wife, born Missouri
Clifton Jackson, 17, Son, born: 21 Mar 1893, Missouri ;died: 22 Feb 1976 in Los Angeles, CA (middle name Robert)
Elmer Jackson, 13, Son; born: 19 Apr 1897 ; Black victim of a 1920 triple lynching in Duluth, Minnesota. The three were members of a circus passing through Duluth at the time a 17-year-old white girl was allegedly attacked.
Sarah Ann Jackson, 8, Daughter
Mack Jackson, 6, Son, may have died in Arizona
Rachel M Jackson, 4, Daughter
*********************
Topeka Daily Capital, Wednesday, June 23, 1920, page 3:
C.E. Jackson Believes His Son May Have Been Negro Hanged At Duluth
Believing that his son, Ernest Jackson, 22 years old, was one of three Negroes hanged by a mob at Duluth Tuesday, June 15, C.E. Jackson, 1403 Quincy street, will leave here today for Duluth to learn the truth about the tragedy at first hand.
Ernest, who was a mechanic in the Santa Fe shops, left here a year ago to visit relatives in Chicago, and has not written to his father since. When newspaper reports of the lynching published the name of Elmer Jackson as one of the victims, the boy's father became alarmed. The circumstance that the dead men had been employed by a traveling show gave Jackson further uneasiness, because his son had followed that life before, once having spent three years as a roustabout with circuses and carnivals.
Charles Lytle, deputy marshal of the court of Topeka, telegraphed the chief of police at Duluth in regard to the lynching. John Murphy, the chief, replied: "Ernest Jackson not among the Negroes arrested or hanged here."
Not satisfied with this report, Jackson asked Sheriff Hugh Larimer to send a second query to the sheriff of St. Louis county, Minn. The reply, signed by Frank L. Magee, sheriff, said: "One of the Negroes hanged here Tuesday was Elmer Jackson."
When informed of this answer yesterday, Jackson prepared to leave town to set at rest the uncertainty which tortured him since the first news of the massacre.
Lytle, who knew the boy, said that Ernest was a hard worker, thoroughly reliable, and a boy who had never been in any kind of trouble for violating the law. The men killed at Duluth were suspected of rape.
E.C. Jackson, the father, is also a mechanic at the Santa Fe shops. He lives by himself in a humble apartment. His wife died a year ago. Since that time, he has sent his two small children to board with friends. They are Reuben, 8 years old, and Ruth, 10. His neighbors describe him as a kind father, who has done his best to take the place of the dead mother in the lives of the little ones. His fourth child, Mack, a boy 16 years old, ran away last spring to join a circus, lured by the same spell supposed to have brought disaster to his elder brother.
The Topeka Plaindealer, Friday, July 2, 1920, page 6:
Braved The Riot Spirit
Hon. Elisha Scott Young Brilliant Topeka Attorney Who Braved The Mob Spirit In Defence Of The Race
Mr. C.E. Jackson and Attorney Elisha Scott returned from Duluth, Minn. where claim was filed against the city for $7,500 for the lynching of Mr. Jackson's son, Elmer.
He had some trouble in having the body exhumed for identification. The County Attorney did not give the assistance that he should but gave Mr. Jackson to understand that it would cast only $5 to have the body taken up but when he found the undertaker he wanted $10 and charged $3 to take the friend of Mr. Jackson with him to witness the affair.
After the grave was opened and after reaching the corpse, it was found that the body was in a box of slats. The dirt was in the box and on the face. They had to brush the dirt off the face for identification. The body was found to be in an awful condition and was fearfully mutilated and the head seemed to have been crushed in with an axe of hammer. This poor was a poor innocent creature with nothing against him but the nationality to which he belonged. There was no evidence to convict him for any crime. The rumors that this girl had stayed out late with a young white fellow that caused the news to spread that she had been outraged by some Colored boy. It is a disgrace to the county to allow a body after having been mobbed to be buried like a dog. The state laws of Minnesota provide a certain amount, where a mob violence has been allowed, to destroy life, not to exceed $7,500. This claim is pending before the city of Duluth. It is reported that the official aided the mob. This is an outrage and if it is so the guilty culprits should be discharged from the service of a peaceful, heretofore lawabiding and justice serving city. The body was left in Duluth.
If there is such a thing as justice to be had in the city of Duluth, Attorney Scott can be relied upon to seek out and capture that elusive dame.
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