Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man was in the custody of officers near Grand Prairie, Louisiana, when a mob of about thirty masked men took him from them. The mob shot him to death on July 29, 1909, according to an East Oregonian account published two days later. The article describes the killing as a mob taking a man from officers' custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.