Died in jail or a lockup
Daly
On Saturday evening, January 15, 1859, a group took Daly from his cell in the jail where he was held, according to the New Orleans Daily Crescent. His body was found hanging by the neck from a tree a few miles north of the city on Sunday, and the paper reported the death as a homicide. The paper said the men who held the keys were unknown to the women present and that none of them wore disguises. Daly was a man, and this is the only account of his death in the sources.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The New Orleans Daily Crescent reported that a mob took Daly from his cell in the jail and hanged him from a tree a few miles north of the city.
Reported by: New Orleans Daily Crescent (reporters).