Executed
Louis Nugent
Louis Nugent, a Black man, was hanged in West Baton Rouge, Louisiana, according to a brief telegram printed in the Los Angeles Daily Herald on November 9, 1889. The item does not say when the hanging took place, who carried it out, or under what authority. It is the only account of his death in these sources.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: brief telegram report.