Died in jail or a lockup
Saladino
Saladino was held in the new brick jail at Hahnville, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. A New Orleans dispatch printed in the Cape Girardeau Democrat reports that about fifty armed men broke down the jail doors at night and overpowered a jail guard. The dispatch says the mob took Saladino to a stable and hanged him on August 8, 1896. According to the dispatch, the sheriff had earlier prevented an attempt to lynch him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A New Orleans dispatch in the Cape Girardeau Democrat reports that a mob of about fifty armed men broke into the St. Charles Parish jail at Hahnville, took Saladino and hanged him in a stable.
Reported by: New Orleans dispatch in the Cape Girardeau Democrat (reporters).