Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Five people of Italian origin were taken from the jail at Tallulah, Louisiana, and hanged by a mob, according to an account quoted in the president's annual message to Congress and reprinted in The Van Buren Press in December 1899. The message cited the killings as the latest in a series of lynchings of Italians. The names of the five people are not given.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: the president's annual message to Congress, reprinted in this paper.