Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held at the Monroe jail in Monroe, Louisiana, was taken from the jail in the early morning of October 1913 by a mob, which hanged him from a nearby telegraph pole. According to the Montgomery Advertiser, two masked men held the jailer at pistol point while others in the group made no effort to hide their identities. The man's name is garbled in the scanned newspaper text and cannot be read reliably.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took the man from the Monroe jail and hanged him from a telegraph pole, with two masked men holding the jailer at pistol point.
Reported by: news reports.