Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In 1868, during election violence against Republican voters in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, a group took thirteen people from a jail, and one of them was shot. The person's name, age and sex are not recorded in the account, which appears as a brief reference in an 1876 Memphis Daily Appeal editorial on election violence in Louisiana. The editorial does not say who took the thirteen from the jail, or whether jail officials resisted, gave up the keys or handed them over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An 1876 newspaper editorial says that in 1868 a group took thirteen people from a St. Landry Parish jail and one of them was shot.
Reported by: 1876 newspaper editorial (reporters).