Edward Gray
Edward Gray, a Black man, was held in custody in St. John Parish and was released while he was very sick. Trying to reach friends' home in St. Peter Parish, his strength gave out at Reserve, where a local man gave him a blanket and let him sleep on an outhouse porch. During the night, a mob crossed the river, took him from where he slept and hanged him from a tree. The Indianapolis Journal reported that the lynching was bitterly denounced and that the judge instructed the grand jury to bring the guilty parties to justice.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. According to the newspaper account, a mob crossed the river at Reserve, took Edward Gray from a local man's outhouse porch and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: newspaper account (1899) (reporters).