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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died October 22, 1913 · Louisiana

On October 22, 1913, a Black person held in a Louisiana jail was taken from the jail in the morning by a mob of about twenty-five men. The mob hanged them from a telephone pole. They were killed while in the custody of that jail.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: newspaper account (1913) (reporters).

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