Died in jail or a lockup
Jim Daggle
Jim Daggle was held in the St. Bernard Parish prison at Terre Aux Boeufs, Louisiana. According to a New Orleans dispatch printed in the San Francisco Call, a mob took him from the prison and killed him. Early on May 19, 1896, passersby found his body hanging at the courthouse and jail. Sheriff Nunez ordered the body cut down.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: San Francisco Call, reporting a New Orleans dispatch (reporters).