Died in custody
John White
John White, a young Black man, was in the custody of a deputy sheriff at Opelousas, Louisiana, when a group of white men took him from the deputy and killed him. His body, riddled with bullets, was found in a thicket near the scene in September 1933. A woman identified him. The deputy sheriff is the only officer named as holding him, and the group's killing of him is the reported cause of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A group of white men took White from a deputy sheriff at Opelousas, Louisiana, and killed him, and his body, riddled with bullets, was found in a thicket near the scene.
Reported by: news reports.