Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In 1891 a mob took eleven people from the jail in New Orleans and put them to death, according to a Crittenden Press editorial published in 1900. The editorial cited the killings as an example of mob violence that local courts had been unable to prosecute. The people were held at the jail when the mob seized them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Crittenden Press editorial (reporters).