Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three Italian men were held in a Louisiana jail in 1896 when a mob took them out and killed them. In 1897 the United States Senate agreed to pay $6,000 to the Italian Government as indemnity to the heirs of the men killed. The payment was made on humanitarian grounds and without the United States accepting liability.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched