Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Bonfouca, Louisiana, was taken out by a mob and hanged from a railroad bridge, according to a traveller's account printed in the Staunton Vindicator in 1882. That account describes him as a preacher, and says his appeals for mercy moved the traveller who witnessed the killing. The mob did not respond to his appeals.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A traveller's account printed in the Staunton Vindicator says a mob took the man from the Bonfouca jail and hanged him from a railroad bridge.
Reported by: a traveller's account printed in the Staunton Vindicator (reporters).