Manuel Politz
Politz was held in the New Orleans parish prison when a mob forced its way in on March 14, 1891, took him out and killed him. The Climax reported that he was hanged from a lamp post at Treme and Staan streets, and the Watertown Republican said he was dragged outside the jail and hanged, while a coroner's inquiry reported in the same paper described others in the group being shot. The Oskaloosa Herald reported that the sheriff was not at the prison when the mob arrived, the Evening Journal said the authorities were powerless to stop the crowd, and a Law Library of Louisiana summary said police did nothing to stop it. The coroner's verdict, as the Oskaloosa Herald reported it for the men killed that night, was that they died at the hands of unknown parties.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Politz from the New Orleans parish prison and killed him, by hanging from a lamp post according to one paper, and the coroner's verdict in other accounts was death at the hands of unknown parties.
Reported by: Coroner Lemoniere (medical examiner or coroner); Evening Journal (reporters); Pittsburg Dispatch (reporters).
Sources (14)
- Mass Lynching of Italian-Americans
- Evening Journal, March 14, 1891, page 2
- The Climax, March 18, 1891, page 1
- Watertown Republican, March 18, 1891, page 3
- The Oskaloosa Herald, March 19, 1891, page 4
- The Ohio Democrat, March 21, 1891, page 2
- Ellsworth American, March 26, 1891, page 1
- The Citizen, April 4, 1891, page 4
- The Big Stone Post, April 10, 1891, page 1
- Pittsburg Dispatch, April 13, 1891, page 1
- Wood County Reporter, April 16, 1891, page 6
- The Abbeville Press And Banner, April 29, 1891, page 7
- Laredo Weekly Times, March 16, 1919, page 2
- New Orleans lynching of 1891