Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in a jail in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, was taken from that jail by a mob and killed in broad daylight, according to the Belmont Chronicle's account of July 1887. The paper places his death the day after a deadly clash at Oak Ridge, though it gives no exact date. His name and the jail's name are not given in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Belmont Chronicle editorial says a mob took a Black man from a Morehouse Parish jail the day after a deadly clash at Oak Ridge and lynched him in broad daylight.
Reported by: Belmont Chronicle (reporters).