Died in jail or a lockup
Henry Ward
Henry Ward, a young Black man, was being held in the jail at Bayou Sara, Louisiana, according to a Times-Democrat dispatch reprinted in The Morning News. The dispatch reports that on the night before January 8, 1890, a group of masked men took him from the jail and hanged him. The dispatch is the only account of his death in the source, and it does not describe how the jail's staff responded.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Times-Democrat Bayou Sara, La. special dispatch (reporters).