Name not reported
According to the Ouachita Telegraph, six local officials arrested during the Red River Parish conflict in September 1874 were being escorted toward Shreveport under guard when a mob took them from their escort about 30 miles from the city. The paper reports that three were shot dead on the spot and three were killed later at another point on the road. The Telegraph condemned the killings and said the attackers' identity is unknown. The men are not named in this account.
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, and the paper says the attackers' identity is unknown.
Reported by: Ouachita Telegraph (reporters).