Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held at the jail in Floyd, Louisiana, was taken from it by a mob of men and shot, in a death dated November 12, 1894 and reported by The Willimantic Journal on November 16. The report gives his name as unknown. The mob's shooting of him is the only account offered, and no record in the sources names the man or describes him further.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.