Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was one of three men held in a Louisiana jail when a mob took them from the jail and killed them on Wednesday, January 20, 1897, according to The Wilmington Daily Republican. His name does not appear in the available text of the account. The jail's keepers' conduct during the seizure is not described.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.