Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A mob broke into the Bastrop jail in Bastrop, Louisiana, on a Monday night in July 1934, took a man held there, and hanged him in front of the courthouse. The Savannah Tribune reported that the sheriff tried to persuade the mob to stop, and that the district attorney was present and sympathetic to the mob. The newspaper did not name the man or give his age.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the Bastrop jail in Louisiana, seized a man held there and hanged him in front of the courthouse, according to the newspaper account.
Reported by: news reports.