Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held at the Morehouse Parish jail in Louisiana was taken from the jail in daylight by a crowd of white men and hanged from a nearby tree, according to a July 1887 newspaper report. The report follows a deadly clash between a sheriff's posse and armed men in the Oak Ridge area. His name is not given in the article. The killing is recorded as a lynching from custody, the mob having taken him from the jail's custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd of white men took him from the Morehouse Parish jail in daylight and hanged him from a tree, according to the account; the article does not say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted.
Reported by: news reports.