Died in custody
Name not reported
In 1932, a mob of 15 men took this person from officers at Wisner, Louisiana, and hanged them from a tree, according to a report in the Atlanta Daily World. The person was in the custody of the officers when the mob seized them. The person's name is garbled in the surviving copy of the report, and the Atlanta Daily World's 1932 lynching tally also records the death. Whether the officers resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the person over is not stated in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Atlanta Daily World 1932 lynching tally (reporters).