Died in custody
George Swayne
George Swayne, a Black man and former member of the Louisiana legislature, was hanged by a mob at East Feliciana, according to a New Orleans dispatch printed in The Morning Call on June 17, 1890. He had been held in the custody of officers when the mob took him from them. The dispatch does not say whether the officers resisted or what became of them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A New Orleans dispatch in the June 17, 1890 Morning Call reports a mob took George Swayne from officers and hanged him at East Feliciana.
Reported by: New Orleans dispatch, Morning Call (June 17, 1890) (reporters).