Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Five people of Italian origin were held in the jail at Tallulah, Louisiana. According to the president's annual message to Congress, as reprinted in the Van Buren Press in December 1899, a mob took them from the jail and hanged them. The message cited the killings as the latest in a series of lynchings of Italians.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: the president's annual message to Congress, reprinted in the paper.