Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died February 5, 1892 · Winsboro, Louisiana

A Black man was held in the jail at Winsboro, Louisiana, when a mob broke into the building on February 5, 1892, according to an Associated Press dispatch. The mob took him out and hanged him. The dispatch does not name him.

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

Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).

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