Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In 1868, during election violence against Republican voters in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, one of thirteen people held in a jail was taken out and shot, according to an 1876 Memphis Daily Appeal editorial that mentions the killing in passing. The person's name, age, and sex are not given, so they are referred to here as they. The editorial does not say who took the thirteen people from the jail or whether jail officials resisted, and no other account of the killing is available in these sources.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.