Died in custody
Name not reported
Five Black men were captured in Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana, in June 1878 and turned over to law officers, according to daily papers reporting on the case. The Aegis & Intelligencer reported that citizens then took the five men from those officers and hanged them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Daily papers reported that citizens took five men from the officers they had been turned over to and hanged them.
Reported by: daily papers reporting on the incident.