Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A young Black man was held in the jail of a Louisiana cross-roads town in July 1934. According to a Washington Daily News editorial, a mob battered down the jail door, took him from his cell, slit his throat and hanged him from a tree. The editorial says the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff only meekly remonstrated with the mob. The sheriff later said he did not recognize any member of it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Washington Daily News editorial says a mob battered down the jail door, dragged a young Black man from his cell, slit his throat and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: Washington Daily News editorial (reporters).