Died in jail or a lockup
One of 4 people whose names were not reported
Held in the jail at Amite, Louisiana, this person was one of four Black people in custody there in late December 1879. On December 28, 1879, a mob of about fifty men took them from the jail and shot them to death. The cause of death was given as being shot.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched