Died in jail or a lockup
Auguste
Auguste, a Black man, was held in the jail in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. According to a February 1876 report in The Osceola Times, citing an unnamed dispatch, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him in front of a large crowd. The dispatch is the only account of his death that the report gives.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news report citing an unnamed dispatch says a crowd hanged him after he was taken from the St. Landry Parish jail in Louisiana.
Reported by: news report citing an unnamed dispatch.