Died in jail or a lockup
James Dazzle
James Dazzle, a Black man, was held in the jail in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. A New Orleans dispatch dated May 19, 1896, printed in the Roanoke Daily Times on May 20, reported that a mob took James Dazzle from that jail the night before and killed him. A Highland Recorder item published May 29, 1896 likewise reported that he was taken from the St. Bernard Parish jail and lynched. Neither account describes how the mob got into the jail or whether jail staff resisted or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Roanoke Daily Times (New Orleans dispatch) (reporters).