Died in jail or a lockup
Hearn
A mob took Hearn and John Richard from a jail in Louisiana on the afternoon of Wednesday, December 7, 1898, and hanged them in woods about half a mile away. Hearn was being held at the jail when the mob came for him. The Bryan Morning Eagle reported that both men protested their innocence before they died.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.