Name not reported

In 1891 a mob took eleven prisoners 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. Those eleven people are remembered only as a group in this account.

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).

News report

• Crittenden Press, August 30, 1900, page 7 Crittenden Press, August 30, 1900