The Ouachita Telegraph - Reeves Smith Lynched Date: Oct 2000 Submitted by: Lora Peppers ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ The Ouachita Telegraph Saturday, October 23, 1886 Page 2, Column 4 DESOTO. Reeves Smith, a negro fiend who attempted to outrage a respectable white lady near Mansfield on the 6th inst., was taken from the parish jail and hung last Monday night. # # #