Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In 1868, during violence against Republican voters in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, one of thirteen people held in a jail was taken out and shot. The person's name is not recorded in the account, so they are referred to here as they. The account, an 1876 editorial in the Memphis Daily Appeal about Louisiana election violence, describes the killing only in passing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.