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Angelb Marcuso

died August 8, 1896 · St. Charles Parish Jail, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana

Angelb Marcuso was held at the St. Charles parish jail in Hahnville, Louisiana. According to an unnamed New Orleans news dispatch printed in The Bolivar Bulletin, about fifty armed people overpowered the night guard, broke down the jail doors, and took him and two other men to a stable, where they were hanged. The account says the men were given two minutes to pray before the crowd shot the bodies. The lynchers were not recognized, and the article says they may have come from St. Gabriel.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An unnamed New Orleans news dispatch reports that about fifty armed people overpowered the night guard at the St. Charles parish jail, took Angelb Marcuso and two other men to a stable, and hanged them.

Reported by: unnamed New Orleans news dispatch (reporters).

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