Died in custody
Name not reported
In June 1878, five Black men were captured in Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana, and turned over to officers of the law. Daily papers reporting on the incident said that citizens then took the men from those officers and hanged them. The men were held in the custody of the officers when the mob took them, and the reports attribute the hangings to the citizens who seized them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Daily papers reporting on the incident say citizens took five men from officers of the law and hanged them.
Reported by: daily papers reporting on the incident.