Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Five men of Italian origin were taken from a jail in Tallulah, Louisiana, and hanged by a mob, according to a message reported in The Forrest City Times in December 1899. The message presented the lynching as a matter of concern to the government of Italy. Nothing in the account says whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: the diplomatic message reported in the newspaper.