Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

St. James Parish, Louisiana

Two people held in the St. James Parish jail in Louisiana were taken from it by a mob, according to The Free Press of March 5, 1896. The mob lynched both of them near the courthouse. The two were killed in the same parish where they had been held in custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News report