Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died 1896 · Louisiana

In 1896 a mob took one of three Italian people from a Louisiana jail and killed them, according to an 1897 newspaper editorial. The editorial says all three were lynched after being taken from custody. A Senate committee later proposed paying Italy $6,000 in indemnity for the three deaths, the editorial reports.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

New York Journal And Advertiser, June 30, 1897, page 6 New York Journal And Advertiser, June 30, 1897

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