Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black person, whose name is not recorded in the account, was held in the custody of officers in Lee County, Louisiana, in 1891. According to the account, a mob took them from the officers and killed them. It is not established whether the officers resisted the mob or handed the person over. Before the officers overtook them, the mob had pursued them with bloodhounds and fired at them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The report says a mob took the men from officers and butchered them, and does not say whether the officers resisted or handed them over.
Reported by: news reports.