Died in jail or a lockup
One of 4 people whose names were not reported
Four Black people were held at a jail in New Orleans, Louisiana, when a mob took them from the jail and killed them on September 20, 1900. The Caucasian newspaper reported the killings in a brief item published September 27, 1900. Each of the four is remembered here only as a person whose life ended in that mob violence.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reporting in a brief 1900 account (reporters).