D. W. Preteel

D. W. Preteel was held in the jail at Marysville, Louisiana, when a crowd gathered there in early August 1883. The crowd demanded the keys from the sheriff, who refused to give them up. The crowd broke in the door, took him from the jail and hanged him in the courthouse yard. The account describes the sheriff's refusal as the only resistance offered.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd broke into the Marysville, La., jail after the sheriff refused to give up the keys, took D. W. Preteel from custody and hanged him in the courthouse yard.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• River Falls Journal, August 9, 1883, page 2 River Falls Journal, August 9, 1883