Died in jail or a lockup
Allen Tippett
Allen Tippett, a Black man, was held at the Morehouse Parish jail in Bastrop, Louisiana. A brief account in The Donaldsonville Chief of October 29, 1881, reports that while he was being pursued he was struck by bird shot, and that he then took his own life with a revolver. The paper reports the death as a suicide, and the account gives no statement from family or officials about how the revolver came to be in his hand.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. A brief 1881 newspaper account says he shot himself with the last bullet from the jailer's revolver while being pursued after an escape.
Reported by: 1881 newspaper account (reporters).