Died in jail or a lockup
Louis Whittaker
Louis Whittaker, a Black man, was held in the jail at Gadson, Florida, according to a news dispatch from Columbus, Georgia, carried by The Dallas Daily Herald on April 26, 1881. The dispatch reports that masked men took him from the jail on Saturday night, April 23, 1881, and hanged him from an oak tree. The dispatch describes his death as the act of masked men, and no official account of it is cited. He was killed by a mob that came for him at the jail where he was being held.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch from Columbus, Georgia says masked men took him from the jail and hanged him from an oak tree.
Reported by: news dispatch from Columbus, Georgia (reporters).