Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three Black people who had been held at the Benton jail in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, were taken by a mob from two deputies on a train between Bodcau and Haughton. The Colfax Chronicle, reporting on December 7, 1912, said the mob hanged all three from one tree. The killing was carried out by the mob after the three were removed from the custody of the deputies.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Colfax Chronicle reports that a mob took three people from two deputies on a train and hanged them from one tree.
Reported by: The Colfax Chronicle (reporters).