Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Providence, Carroll Parish, Louisiana, was taken from the jail by a crowd of disguised men and shot, according to a dispatch from General W. L. McMillan published in the Memphis Daily Appeal on May 12, 1877. McMillan said he had captured the man and turned him over to the authorities, who placed him in the jail. The dispatch does not give the man's name.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. General W. L. McMillan's dispatch says a crowd of disguised men shot the man after taking him from the Providence jail.
Reported by: General W. L. McMillan.