Name not reported

According to the Tiffin Tribune, a party of fifteen or twenty armed men seized a man held in custody on a boat near Jeanerette, Louisiana, on the morning of Thursday, October 2, 1873. The paper reported unofficial accounts that he was later found hanged near a plantation. Later reports conflicted on whether he was still with the crowd at that point.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Tiffin Tribune, reporting unofficial accounts, says a party of fifteen or twenty armed men seized him from a boat near Jeanerette and that he was reportedly hanged.

Reported by: Tiffin Tribune (reporters).

Source

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