Died in jail or a lockup
Salvatore Reno
Salvatore Reno was one of three Italian men taken by a mob from the jail at Hahnville, Louisiana, and killed, according to the 1897 newspaper account. The report places the killings about a year before it was published. The United States later paid $60,000 in indemnity to the Italian charge d'affaires in Washington for the deaths.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.