Fred Villarosa
Fred Villarosa was held at the county jail in Vicksburg. According to a special dispatch to the New Orleans Times-Democrat, an armed mob took him from the jail at about 1 a.m. on March 28, 1886, and hanged him from a tree in front of the building, after battering the jail door down. A brief item in The Greenville Times, published April 3, 1886, says he was hanged from a nearby mulberry tree. Neither account says whether jail staff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The N. O. Times-Democrat special dispatch says an armed mob took him from the Vicksburg county jail at about 1 a.m. and hanged him from a tree in front of the building.
Reported by: N. O. Times-Democrat special dispatch (reporters).