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N. Disharnon

Richland Parish, Louisiana

Newspaper reports from January 1892 say that a mob took N. Disharxon from the jail at Rayville, Louisiana, and lynched them. The Herald-Advance printed the account in a brief item. The Grant County Herald and The Hope Pioneer reported a lynching from the same Rayville jail of a man they named N. Disharnon or N. Dishaknon.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

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