Pickens George

Pickens George was held in the St. James Parish jail at Convent, Louisiana, in January 1893. The Richmond Dispatch and The Indianapolis Journal report that a mob broke into the jail late on January 20 or shortly after midnight on January 21, and that the mob took him from custody. The Dispatch says the jailer was forced to open his cell, and the Journal says the jailer was overpowered. The mob carried him a short distance to a shed and hanged him, and his body was still hanging the next morning.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An armed mob overpowered the jailer at the St. James Parish jail in Convent, Louisiana, took Pickens George from custody and hanged him from a nearby shed.

Reported by: news reports.

Sources (4)

• Richmond Dispatch, January 22, 1893, page 6 Richmond Dispatch, January 22, 1893
• The Indianapolis Journal, January 22, 1893, page 4 The Indianapolis Journal, January 22, 1893
• The Indianapolis Journal, January 23, 1893, page 6 The Indianapolis Journal, January 23, 1893
• Fisherman & Farmer, February 10, 1893, page 6 Fisherman & Farmer, February 10, 1893