Died in custody
Name not reported
A man taken into custody near Ruby, Louisiana, was being brought to Alexandria for safe keeping when a mob seized him from the deputy sheriff escorting him. The deputy was driven off, and after reaching Alexandria he reported what had happened.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: deputy sheriff (as reported in the newspaper) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.