Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In 1868, during election violence against Republican voters in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, this person was one of thirteen people taken from the jail there and shot. A Memphis Daily Appeal editorial from December 1876 mentions the killing only in passing and names none of the thirteen. The editorial does not identify who took them from the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An 1876 newspaper editorial says one of thirteen people taken from a jail in St. Landry Parish in 1868 was shot.
Reported by: 1876 newspaper editorial on Louisiana election violence (reporters).