Died in jail or a lockup
Joseph Teducie
Joseph Teducie was one of three Italian men held in the jail at Tallulah, Louisiana, in August 1899. According to an Italian embassy report passed on by the Washington correspondent, a mob took him from the officers holding him and lynched him. The report says he had not taken part in an earlier attack in which two other Italian men had been killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Italian embassy report, as relayed by Marquis Romane, says a mob took Joseph Teducie from officers and lynched him after he was jailed at Tallulah, Louisiana.
Reported by: Italian embassy report by Marquis Romane.