Name not reported

According to unofficial accounts reported by the Tiffin Tribune in October 1873, a man held in a Louisiana jail was taken out by a vigilance committee during a campaign against cattle thieves and hanged along with others. The committee is described as acting against cattle thieves, and the man's name is not given. The paper's report said the number of people executed was uncertain.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Tiffin Tribune reported, from unofficial accounts, that a vigilance committee hanged a prisoner taken from a Louisiana jail.

Reported by: Tiffin Tribune (reporters).

Source

• The Tiffin Tribune, October 2, 1873, page 1 The Tiffin Tribune, October 2, 1873