Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the St. Charles Parish jail in Louisiana was taken from the jail by a mob on Wednesday night, January 4, 1893, and hanged. He was one of two men the mob seized from the jail that night. His death was reported in the Plaquemine Home Journal as a homicide by hanging.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Plaquemine Home Journal reports that a man was taken from the St. Charles Parish jail and hanged.
Reported by: Plaquemine Home Journal (reporters).