Died in jail or a lockup
John Eloa, Jr.
John Eloa, Jr. was being held in the jail at Arcadia, Louisiana, in December 1886. According to an Arcadia dispatch published in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union on December 29, a mob took him from the jail the night of December 27 and hanged him from a tree. The dispatch does not say how the mob reached him, or whether the jailer or sheriff resisted, gave up the keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. According to an Arcadia, Louisiana dispatch, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him to a tree.
Reported by: Arcadia (La.) dispatch (reporters).