Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In March 1891, a mob broke into the Parish Jail in New Orleans and took a man held there, then hanged him. According to the Fisherman & Farmer report, eleven men were killed in the same attack, and the crowd gathered in an organized way and dispersed once a committee had finished at the prison.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.