Died in custody
Name not reported
Officers in Lee County, Louisiana, pursued a Black person with bloodhounds, fired at them, and overtook them. The officers held this person in custody. According to The Freeman, a mob then took them from the officers and killed them in October 1891.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The article reports that a mob took the men from officers and killed them, without saying whether the officers resisted or handed them over.
Reported by: news reports.