Died in jail or a lockup
Perry Walker
Perry Walker was one of four men a masked, mounted mob took from the Amite City jail in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, on the night of December 28, 1879, according to the St. Tammany Farmer's report of the mob action. The paper says the mob hanged the men from a tree by the roadside and fired into the bodies of three of them. The newspaper reported that the sheriff had no warning of the mob and was forced to hand over the keys to the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The St. Tammany Farmer reported that a masked, mounted mob took Perry Walker from the Amite City jail and hanged him from a tree by the roadside, after the sheriff was forced to hand over the keys.
Reported by: St. Tammany Farmer (reporters).