Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at St. Charles, Louisiana, was taken from his cell during the night by a crowd of 100 to 200 people and shot to death, according to a report in The Centre Reporter in October 1878. The crowd took him from the jail, and the accounts of his killing come from that newspaper alone. His name and age were not given in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched