Died in jail or a lockup
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
A Black man held in the Bossier County jail in Louisiana was taken out by a crowd of citizens and hanged, along with another Black man, from a tree near Benton on December 6, 1898, according to The Daily Texarkanian. The paper reported that circulars invited people to attend the hanging, which took place in daylight, and that a crowd of white and Black men watched.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Daily Texarkanian reported that a crowd of citizens hanged two men taken from a jail near Benton, Louisiana.
Reported by: The Daily Texarkanian (reporters).