Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In 1891, a mob took eleven prisoners from the jail in New Orleans and put them to death, according to an 1900 editorial in the Crittenden Press. The editorial gives no names or other details about the people killed. It cites the killings as an example of mob violence that local courts could not prosecute.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Crittenden Press editorial (reporters).