Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In March 1891 a mob took one of eleven Italian men held at the Parish Jail in New Orleans and killed them by hanging, according to the Fisherman & Farmer account. The paper says the crowd gathered in an organized way and dispersed once the committee had finished at the prison. The victim's name is not legible in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.