Died in jail or a lockup
Alexander Mason
Alexander Mason was taken from a jail by a large group of masked men, who shot him repeatedly, according to a brief 1868 report in The New Orleans Crescent. Alexander Mason was a Black man. The account suggests Black people in the area were responsible for the attack, but it offers no evidence for this.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief newspaper dispatch reports that a large group of masked men took him from a jail and shot him repeatedly.
Reported by: newspaper dispatch.