Died in jail or a lockup
Harrison Johnson
Harrison Johnson was one of six Black men held in the Amite City jail in late December 1879. According to the New Orleans Times, as reprinted in The Comet, a mob of about fifty men got the jail keys from the sheriff, took the prisoners about half a mile from town, and hanged four of them. The paper reported that the bodies were found close together and riddled with bullets.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The New Orleans Times, as reprinted in The Comet, reported that a mob of about fifty men got the jail keys from the sheriff, took the prisoners half a mile from town, and hanged four of them, with bodies found riddled with bullets.
Reported by: New Orleans Times (reprinted in The Comet) (reporters).