Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black woman was being taken to jail under a magistrate's commitment in the Baton Rouge area when, according to a sworn statement by O. H. Foreman, a deputy marshal, a body of armed men took her from the officers before she reached the jail. They hanged her from a tree. Foreman says he saw her body afterward.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Deputy marshal O. H. Foreman states in a sworn statement that a body of armed men took the woman from officers and hanged her from a tree.
Reported by: O. H. Foreman, deputy marshal (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.