Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man described in the 1882 account as a preacher was taken from the jail at Bonfouca, Louisiana, by a mob and hanged from a railroad bridge, according to The Highland Weekly News. A traveler on a passing train said he saw the hanging from the car window and reported that the man's appeals for mercy did not move the lynchers. The article describes his appeals as eloquent. The man's name is not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: a traveler on a passing train who saw the hanging.