Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name is not given in the short dispatch reporting his death, was held in the jail at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. According to the Daily Camera, on the morning of October 19, 1900, an orderly mob took him from the jail and hanged him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.