Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a 1897 New York Journal and Advertiser editorial, three Italian men were taken from a jail in Louisiana in 1896 and killed by a mob. The editorial does not give the men's names, the jail's location, or the parish where it happened. It discusses a Senate committee proposal for Italy to be paid $6,000 as indemnity for the three deaths.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.