Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, not named in the newspaper account, was held in the jail in Jackson Parish, Louisiana, in August 1881. According to The Columbia Herald, as reprinted by the Ouachita Telegraph from the New Orleans Item, a mob took him from the jail and hung him from a tree. The paper's editorial approved of the mob's action.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took the man from the Jackson Parish jail in Louisiana and hanged him from a tree, according to the Columbia Herald as reprinted in the Ouachita Telegraph.
Reported by: The Columbia Herald, reprinted by the Ouachita Telegraph from the New Orleans Item (reporters).