Died in custody
Dave Southall
Dave Southall was a Black man from Pointe Coupee, Louisiana. A New Orleans dispatch published in the Evening Star reported that he was in the custody of a deputy sheriff, who was taking him through the country, when masked men surrounded the deputy, dragged Southall from his custody and disarmed the deputy. The dispatch reported that Southall was killed by the mob on May 13, 1888.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A New Orleans dispatch in the Evening Star says masked men surrounded a deputy sheriff while he was taking Southall through the country, dragged him from the deputy's custody and disarmed the deputy.
Reported by: New Orleans dispatch in the Evening Star (reporters).