Died in jail or a lockup
O. T. Jones
O. T. Jones was held in the local jail in Louisiana. According to The New York Herald, late on the night of May 16, 1874, a mob of about fifty masked and armed men attacked the jail, seized Jones from it, and hanged them from a tree in the court house yard.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about fifty masked, armed men took Jones from the local jail and hanged him from a tree in the court house yard.
Reported by: news reports.