Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man whose name was not recorded was taken from a jail near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and killed by a mob of masked men, according to a brief item in the Weekly Journal-Miner of Missouri published on June 2, 1909. The jail that held him was breached by the mob, which took him from it and lynched him. The killing is reported as having taken place shortly before the news the item refers to.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: 1909 Missouri weekly newspaper (reporters).