James Caruso

James Caruso was one of ten men killed in New Orleans in March 1891, when a crowd surrounded the parish prison, forced its doors and took men out to be lynched. He was being held at the parish prison, which the mob entered by breaking in. According to one account, the sheriff was not at the prison when the mob arrived. The coroner, Lemoniere, returned a verdict that the men died at the hands of unknown parties.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The coroner ruled that Caruso died at the hands of unknown parties after a mob forced its way into the New Orleans parish prison and took him out to be lynched.

Reported by: Coroner Lemoniere (medical examiner or coroner).

Source

• The Oskaloosa Herald, March 19, 1891, page 4 The Oskaloosa Herald, March 19, 1891