Cage

Cage was held in the jail at Alexandria, Louisiana, when, on the night of February 23, 1877, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him, according to a brief item in the Mexico Weekly Ledger published March 8, 1877. The item says he had earlier been pursued after shooting a man, but that accusation is not repeated here. The newspaper item does not say whether the jail's officers resisted the mob, gave up the keys or handed him over.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report says a mob took Cage from the Jail at Alexandria and hanged him.

Reported by: newspaper report.

Source

• Mexico Weekly Ledger, March 8, 1877, page 6 Mexico Weekly Ledger, March 8, 1877