Died in custody
Name not reported
In June 1873, a mob of about 1,000 people in New Iberia, Louisiana, took this person from the officers holding them and hanged them to a tree, according to a newspaper report. The same mob took three people from officers and hanged them in that event. Their name, age and details of their life are not given in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.