Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black Pullman porter was held in the jail at Zwolle, Louisiana, when a mob took him at daybreak, according to a Kansas City Southern man passing through town, as reported in The Colorado Statesman in December 1907. The traveler said the mob hanged and burned him. The account reached the paper through that traveler.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Kansas City Southern man passing through town relayed that a mob took a Pullman porter from the Zwolle, Louisiana jail at daybreak, hanged and burned him.
Reported by: A Kansas City Southern man, as relayed in the paper.