Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name is not given, was one of four men taken from the jail at Pont Chatoula, Louisiana, by a mob late on the night of September 20, 1900, according to a New Orleans dispatch printed in the Delaware Gazette. The mob hanged him after taking him from the jail. The dispatch does not say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted, gave up the keys, or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: New Orleans news dispatch printed in the Delaware Gazette (reporters).