Died in jail or a lockup
Guiseppe Venturella
Guiseppe Venturella was one of three Italian men held in the jail at Hahnville, Louisiana, when a mob took them out and killed them in 1896. The Times reported the killings in 1897. The State Department later paid the Italian government $6,000 in indemnity for the deaths of the three men.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The State Department later paid the Italian government $6,000 in indemnity over the deaths of the three Italian men taken from the Hahnville, Louisiana jail by a mob.
Reported by: U.S. State Department.