Rocco Geracci

Rocco Geracci was held in the New Orleans parish prison in March 1891. A crowd surrounded the prison, forced its doors, and took him out and killed him, one of ten men killed that way. The sheriff was not at the prison when the mob arrived. Coroner Lemoniere returned a verdict that the men died at the hands of unknown parties.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Coroner Lemoniere's verdict was that the men died at the hands of unknown parties after a crowd forced the doors of the New Orleans parish prison and took them out to be lynched.

Reported by: Coroner Lemoniere (medical examiner or coroner).

Source

• The Oskaloosa Herald, March 19, 1891, page 4 The Oskaloosa Herald, March 19, 1891