Name not reported
Five people of Italian origin were taken from the jail in Tallulah, Louisiana, by a mob and hanged, according to a federal message reprinted in The Semi-Weekly Messenger in December 1899. The message says state authorities and a representative of the Italian embassy investigated and reached differing conclusions, particularly about the victims' citizenship. A federal inquiry was still in progress when the message was published.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). A federal message reprinted on the page says a mob took five Italian-origin people from a jail in Tallulah, Louisiana, and hanged them; state authorities and an Italian embassy representative reached discrepant findings, particularly about the victims' citizenship, and a federal inquiry was still in progress.
Reported by: federal message reprinted on this page; state authorities; Italian embassy representative.