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 on December 8, 1899. The message says state authorities and a representative of the Italian embassy investigated and reached conflicting findings, particularly about the victims' citizenship. A federal inquiry was still in progress, according to the message.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). A federal message reprinted in the paper says a mob took five Italian-origin people from a Tallulah, Louisiana jail and hanged them, and that state authorities and an Italian embassy representative reached discrepant findings, particularly on the victims' citizenship.
Reported by: federal message reprinted in the newspaper; state authorities; Italian embassy representative.