Died in jail or a lockup
Robert Landry
Robert Landry, a Black man, was held in the St. James Parish jail at Convent, Louisiana. According to the Richmond Dispatch of January 22, 1893, a mob of masked men broke into the jail late on January 20, forced the jailer to open his cell, and took him to a nearby shed, where they lynched him. The jailer was forced to open the cell, so the jail's keeper did not protect him from the mob. The paper reported great excitement in the parish afterward.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the St. James Parish jail, forced the jailer to open his cell, and hanged him at a nearby shed.
Reported by: news reports.