Antonio Scaffidi
Antonio Scaffidi was one of the men held in the New Orleans parish prison in March 1891 when a mob surrounded the building, forced its doors and took prisoners out to be lynched. According to the Oskaloosa Herald, the sheriff was not at the prison when the crowd arrived. The coroner, Lemoniere, returned a verdict that the men died at the hands of unknown parties. A later account of the same killings, published in 1900, put the number of people killed at eleven.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd forced the doors of the New Orleans parish prison and took men out to be lynched, and the coroner, Lemoniere, ruled that they died at the hands of unknown parties.
Reported by: Coroner Lemoniere (medical examiner or coroner); news reporting on the New Orleans parish prison killings (reporters).