Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Muilican

died May 1884 · Ouachita Parish Correctional Center, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Muilican was held at the jail in Monroe, Louisiana, in 1884. Telegrams printed in the Huntsville Gazette on May 10, 1884, reported that a mob took Muilican from the jail and hanged them a few nights before that notice. A separate telegram summary in The Panola Weekly Star said a second man held at the Monroe jail was taken by the same mob and hanged, though it gave no name.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Telegraph reports say a mob took Muilican from the Monroe, Louisiana jail and hanged him, along with another man held there.

Reported by: telegraph reports printed in The Panola Weekly Star (reporters).

News reports (2)