Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man, one of nine men the report says struck for better pay in Lee County, Louisiana, in 1891, was hunted with bloodhounds and fired on before officers took him into custody. According to The Freeman, a mob then took him from the officers and killed him. The paper does not name him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report says a mob took the men from officers and butchered them, with no account of whether the officers resisted or handed them over.
Reported by: news reports.