Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died 1868 · St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

In 1868, during election violence against Republican voters in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, one of thirteen people taken from a jail was shot. The death is mentioned only in passing in an 1876 Memphis Daily Appeal editorial about election violence in Louisiana.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News report