Deaths in CustodyWork in progressIn progress
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Eleven men held at the New Orleans jail were taken out and shot to death by a crowd, according to a March 19, 1891 editorial in The State Republican. The editorial presents the killings as vengeance carried out by citizens. The men are not named in the account.

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

Reported by: editorial in the newspaper.

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