Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A New Orleans dispatch printed in the Delaware Gazette reported that a mob took four men from the jail at Pont Chatoula, Louisiana, late on the night of September 20, 1900, and lynched them. The man in this account was Black, and his name is not given. The dispatch does not say whether jail staff resisted the mob or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A New Orleans news dispatch reports that a mob took him from the Pont Chatoula jail and lynched him.
Reported by: New Orleans news dispatch (reporters).