Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three Italian men were taken from a jail in Louisiana and lynched in 1896, according to a 1897 San Francisco Call report of the Senate's action. In 1897 the United States Senate agreed to pay the Italian Government $6,000 on humanitarian grounds, without admitting liability, as indemnity to the heirs. The men are not named in this account, and it does not describe how the mob got in or what the jail's officers did.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: U.S. Senate.