Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In 1891 a mob in New Orleans took 11 people held in a local jail and put them to death. The account gives no names, ages or other details about the victims. Published in 1900, it cites the killings as an example of local rioting that federal authorities could not prosecute.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.