George Robinson
George Robinson, a Black man, was held in the jail at Monroe, Louisiana, in February 1886. The Daily Evening Bulletin reported that about one hundred men took him from the jail and hanged him. The Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel called the lynching an outrage against law and justice and said the mob's leaders should be severely punished.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). A party of about one hundred men took George Robinson from the Monroe, Louisiana jail and hanged him near the scene of an earlier shooting; the Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel condemned the mob as an outrage against law and justice, and the account says he claimed he acted in defense of his house and person.
Reported by: The Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel (reporters).