Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man whose name is not preserved in the surviving newspaper text was held in a Louisiana jail in January 1897. The Wilmington Daily Republican reported that on Wednesday, January 20, 1897, a mob took him from the jail along with two other men and killed them. The man was one of three held there who were taken and killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.