Died in jail or a lockup
Cy De Ferroeh
Cy De Ferroeh was held in the Madison Parish jail at Tallula, Louisiana, after the sheriff and deputies took him into custody following a shooting at a physician's office. On July 21, 1899, a crowd overpowered the jailer and deputies, took him from the jail, and hanged him from an oak tree in the jail yard. The Wheeling Register reported the death; the source provided does not say whether the jailer resisted or gave up the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd overpowered the jailer and deputies at the jail, took him out and hanged him from an oak tree in the jail yard.
Reported by: news reports.