Died in jail or a lockup
Jerry Rout
Jerry Rout was one of two brothers held in the Tangipahoa Parish jail in Amite, Louisiana. According to an Associated Press report published in The Montgomery Advertiser, on July 29, 1917, a masked mob overpowered the jailer and took his keys, then removed Rout from his cell and hanged him from a tree near the edge of town. The report describes the jailer as overpowered and the keys as taken from him, not as handed over. Authorities said they expected to make arrests of the mob's leaders.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Associated Press report says a masked mob overpowered the jailer, took Rout from the Tangipahoa Parish jail and hanged him near Amite.
Reported by: Associated Press report (reporters).