Died in jail or a lockup
John Richard
John Richard was held in a jail in Louisiana when, on the afternoon of Wednesday, December 7, 1898, a mob took him and a man named Hearn from the facility and hanged them in woods about half a mile away. The Bryan Morning Eagle reported that both men protested their innocence before they died.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took John Richard from a Louisiana jail and hanged him in nearby woods, and the paper reports that he protested his innocence before he died.
Reported by: news reports.