Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail at St. Francisville, Louisiana, was taken from it by a mob on the night of Tuesday, January 15, 1878, and hanged, according to a brief wire item in the Stark County Democrat published two days later. The item gives no name or age for him and does not say how the mob got in or whether jail staff resisted, gave up the keys, or handed him over. The paper's description of him is not repeated here.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Stark County Democrat reported that a mob hanged a man taken from the St. Francisville, Louisiana jail.
Reported by: The Stark County Democrat (reporters).