Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a 1897 editorial in the New York Journal and Advertiser, a man of Italian origin was taken from a Louisiana jail in 1896 by a mob and killed. The editorial describes three Italian men who were lynched that year and discusses a Senate committee proposal to pay Italy $6,000 as indemnity for the three deaths. The man's name is not given in the editorial.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.