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Five people of Italian origin, held in the jail at Tallulah, Louisiana, were taken from the jail by a mob and hanged, according to a federal message reported in December 1899. State authorities and a representative of the Italian embassy investigated and reached conflicting findings, particularly over the victims' citizenship. A federal inquiry into the killings was still under way.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). A federal message reprinted on the page says a mob hanged five Italian-origin people taken from the Tallulah, Louisiana jail, and that state authorities and an Italian embassy representative reached discrepant findings, especially about the victims' citizenship, while a federal inquiry was still in progress.
Reported by: federal message reprinted on this page.