Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to an 1876 editorial in The Emporia News, citing Congressional reports, thirteen people held in a Louisiana parish jail were taken out and shot by members of the Ku-Klux during the fall 1868 election campaign. The editorial places the killings within the election violence in Louisiana that year. The editorial was published eight years after the killings, and it is the only source cited for them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Emporia News editorial, citing Congressional reports, says Ku-Klux took thirteen captives from a Louisiana parish jail and shot them during the fall 1868 campaign.
Reported by: Emporia News editorial (reporters); Congressional reports cited by the Emporia News editorial.