Died in custody
Name not reported
Officers in Lee County, Louisiana, were holding this Black person when, according to a report in The Freeman on October 24, 1891, they pursued them with bloodhounds and fired at them before overtaking them. The same account says a mob then took them from the officers and killed them. The person is described here as they, since the report gives no other indication of gender.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took the men from the officers and killed them, according to the report, which does not say whether the officers resisted or gave them up.
Reported by: news reports.