Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

David J. Pair

Louisiana

David J. Pair was held in the jail in Greene County, Louisiana, when a mob took him from it and killed him. The Magnolia Gazette reported the lynching in June 1885. The paper described his death as a lynching carried out by a mob.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

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