Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held at the jail in New Orleans was taken from it by an angry mob and lynched, according to a short 1914 newspaper wire brief published by The Day Book. The brief does not name him or give the date of his death. It was one of two men held at the same jail in that account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Day Book telegraph brief says an angry mob took a Black man from a New Orleans jail and lynched him, and does not say whether jail officers resisted.
Reported by: The Day Book telegraph brief (reporters).