Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

One of 5 people whose names were not reported

died January 11, 1909

Four men were put to death by guillotine in public at Bethune, France, on January 11, 1909, according to The Montgomery Advertiser, which reported it the following day. The men are not named in the account, and it gives no details about who they were.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Palestine Daily Herald (Shreveport dispatch) (reporters).

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