Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held at the jail in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, was killed there in November 1888. According to a Times-Democrat dispatch reprinted in the Alexandria Gazette, a crowd of about two hundred people overpowered the jailer at night, took the man from the jail and hanged him. The dispatch describes the jailer as overpowered rather than as handing over the keys or the man.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Times-Democrat dispatch reports that a crowd of about two hundred overpowered the jailer at night, took the man from the Donaldsonville jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Times-Democrat special dispatch (reporters).