Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Floyd, Louisiana, was taken from it by a mob of men and hanged, according to a short news item in The Willimantic Journal published November 16, 1894. The death is dated to on or about November 12, 1894. The item does not name him, and it does not say how the mob entered the jail or whether the jailer or officers resisted or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.