Died in jail or a lockup
Lincoln D. Waggoner
Lincoln D. Waggoner was held in the jail at Minden, in Webster Parish, Louisiana, after Sheriff Reagan brought him there. The Bossier Banner reported in April 1917 that a mob took him from the jail and killed him. Mr. Waggoner's death was a lynching from custody, carried out after the jail had held him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Bossier Banner reports that a mob took Lincoln D. Waggoner from the Minden jail and killed him.
Reported by: The Bossier Banner (reporters).