Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Five people of Italian origin were taken from the jail in Tallulah, Louisiana, by a mob and hanged, according to a national address on lynchings of Italian subjects printed in The Osceola Times in December 1899. The address gives no names, ages, or other details about the five. It presents the killings as the latest in a series of such events and calls for federal action. It does not say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the mob, gave up keys, or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.