Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In 1868, during violence against Republican voters in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, thirteen people were taken from a jail, and one of them was shot and killed. An 1876 Memphis Daily Appeal editorial on Louisiana election violence mentions the killing in passing and is the source for it. The person is remembered here only as one of the thirteen taken from that jail that year.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An 1876 newspaper editorial says that during 1868 violence in St. Landry Parish, one of thirteen people taken from a jail was shot.
Reported by: an 1876 newspaper editorial (reporters).