Died in custody

Name not reported

died March 18, 1906 · Louisiana

According to The Plymouth Tribune, a Black man held in the custody of the sheriff in Louisiana was taken from that custody by a mob on March 18, 1906, hanged, and his body riddled with bullets. The paper's brief report gives no name for him and no location for the jail.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The Plymouth Tribune, March 22, 1906, page 5 The Plymouth Tribune, March 22, 1906

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