Richard Good

Richard Good, a Black man, was held in the jail at Floyd, Louisiana, according to a letter received in New Orleans and reported by the New-York Tribune on May 8, 1887. The letter says a group of masked, armed men took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree about a mile north of the town on May 5, 1887. Richard Good's death was a lynching carried out after he was taken from custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A letter received in New Orleans from Floyd, Louisiana, as reported by the New-York Tribune, says masked and armed men took Richard Good from the jail and hanged him.

Reported by: letter received in New Orleans from Floyd, La., as reported by the New-York Tribune (reporters).

Source

• New-York Tribune, May 8, 1887, page 1 New-York Tribune, May 8, 1887