Died in jail or a lockup
Andrew Harris
Andrew Harris, a Black man, was in the custody of an officer near Bethany in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, when a mob took him and shot him to death in August 1908. The Southern Sentinel reported that the mob took him from the officer and killed him. The paper's short item about the killing appeared the following week.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Southern Sentinel reports that a mob took Andrew Harris from an officer near Bethany in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and shot him to death.
Reported by: The Southern Sentinel (reporters).