Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a 1900 editorial in the Crittenden Press, a mob took eleven people held at the New Orleans jail in 1891 and put them to death. The editorial does not name them, give their ages, or describe them in any other way. The paper cited the killings as an example of mob violence that local courts could not prosecute. The eleven people were held in custody when they were taken and killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A 1900 Crittenden Press editorial says a mob took eleven prisoners from the New Orleans jail in 1891 and put them to death.
Reported by: Crittenden Press editorial (reporters).