Paul Frances

Paul Frances was one of two men held in the St. James Parish jail at Convent, Louisiana, in early 1896. According to a New Orleans dispatch in The Herald, a mob broke into the jail in the early morning of March 1, 1896, took the two men out, and lynched them in front of the courthouse. A San Francisco Call report places a crowd of about 100 men taking two Black men from the jail around midnight on February 28 and hanging them from a beam. The accounts differ on the timing and details.

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

Reported by: New Orleans dispatch (reporters).

News reports (3)

• The San Francisco Call, March 1, 1896, page 2 The San Francisco Call, March 1, 1896
• The Herald, March 1, 1896, page 2 The Herald, March 1, 1896
• The Free Press, March 5, 1896, page 2 The Free Press, March 5, 1896