J. Jones
J. Jones was held in the parish jail at Shreveport, Louisiana, according to a New Orleans dispatch printed in the Chicago Daily Tribune on May 18, 1874. The dispatch says a mob of about fifty masked, armed men took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree in the courthouse yard. The same group had already taken him from the jail once, on the Thursday night before, and he was returned to the authorities at the request of citizens.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Chicago Daily Tribune, citing a New Orleans dispatch, reports that a mob of about fifty masked, armed men took J. Jones from the parish jail at Shreveport and hanged him from a tree in the courthouse yard.
Reported by: Chicago Daily Tribune, citing a New Orleans dispatch (reporters).