Died in jail or a lockup
Decino Sorcoro
Decino Sorcoro was held in the jail at Hahnville, Louisiana. On the night of August 10, 1896, according to a news dispatch datelined Hahnville, a mob gathered at the edge of town, attacked the jail, and took him and two other men to a shed near the courthouse, where they were hanged. The bodies were found there the next morning, and the account was printed in the Reporter and Farmer on August 13, 1896.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch datelined Hahnville, La. reports that a crowd took Decino Sorcoro from the jail there and hanged him in a shed near the courthouse.
Reported by: news dispatch datelined Hahnville, La. (reporters).