Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name the account does not give, was held in the custody of the sheriff at Fayette in January 1879. According to a New Orleans newspaper report, a mob took him and two other men from the sheriff and hanged all three in the public square. The men had been arrested by the sheriff after a posse was raised following an attack on a store. The report is the only account of the hanging.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.