Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man was taken from an officer near Bethany, Louisiana, by a mob and killed by gunfire, according to a brief item in The Brandon News published August 13, 1908. The item said he was riddled with bullets. It attributed the account to no source, so the details rest on that one short report. The officer who held him at the time is named only as an officer in the item.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: The Brandon News (brief item, no attribution given) (reporters).