Died in jail or a lockup
Pick George
Pick George, a Black man, was held in the St. James Parish jail at Convent, Louisiana. Late on January 20, 1893, a mob of masked men broke into the jail and forced the jailer to open his cell. They took him to a nearby shed and lynched him there. The Richmond Dispatch reported that great excitement prevailed in the parish afterward.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of masked men broke into the St. James Parish jail, forced the jailer to open the cell, and hanged Pick George in a nearby shed.
Reported by: newspaper report of the 1893 lynching (reporters).