Name not reported
A Black man held by the sheriff at New Iberia, Louisiana, was being moved from the courthouse to the jail on February 18, 1875, when a mob took him from the sheriff. The mob threw a lasso over his head, dragged him to a tree and hanged him. The Chicago Daily Tribune reported on February 23, 1875 that he had already been strangled by the lasso before he was hung, and that other prisoners were threatened with the same fate. The paper said leading citizens addressed the crowd in speeches that did not stop it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob seized him from the sheriff while he was being moved from the courthouse to the jail, and a report says he was strangled by the lasso before being hanged.
Reported by: newspaper report of the 1875 lynching (reporters).