Died in custody
Name not reported
Six local officials arrested during the Red River Parish conflict in Louisiana were being escorted toward Shreveport under guard in 1874, according to the Ouachita Telegraph. The paper reports that a mob took the six men from their escort about 30 miles from Shreveport and killed them, shooting three dead on the spot and killing the other three later at another point along the road. The paper condemned the killings and said the attackers were unidentified.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Ouachita Telegraph reports that a mob took the men from their armed escort about 30 miles from Shreveport and shot them dead.
Reported by: Ouachita Telegraph (reporters).