Decino

Decino Marcuso was one of three men held in the St. Charles Parish jail at Hahnville, Louisiana, in August 1896. According to a New Orleans dispatch, a mob of about fifty armed men broke into the jail on a Saturday night, overpowered the guard and battered down the doors. The men were taken to a stable, where one account says they were given two minutes to pray before being hanged from the rafters. The reports say the crowd then fired rifles into the bodies.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about fifty armed men took Decino from the St. Charles Parish jail at Hahnville, hanged him from the rafters of a stable, and fired on the body, according to newspaper dispatches.

Reported by: New Orleans news dispatch (reporters); The News Boy, reporting from New Orleans (reporters); wire report printed in the Kanabec County Times (reporters).

Sources (8)

• The San Francisco Call, August 10, 1896, page 3 The San Francisco Call, August 10, 1896
• The Record-Union, August 10, 1896, page 1 The Record-Union, August 10, 1896
• The Record-Union, August 10, 1896, page 2 The Record-Union, August 10, 1896
• The Copper Country Evening News, August 11, 1896, page 1 The Copper Country Evening News, August 11, 1896
• Reporter And Farmer, August 13, 1896, page 3 Reporter And Farmer, August 13, 1896
• The Kanabec County Times, August 14, 1896, page 3 The Kanabec County Times, August 14, 1896
• The Cape Girardeau Democrat, August 15, 1896, page 6 The Cape Girardeau Democrat, August 15, 1896
• The News Boy, August 15, 1896, page 2 The News Boy, August 15, 1896