Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Norris was the second of two brothers, both surnamed Norris, who were held in a jail at Bayou Macon, Louisiana, in June 1874. On a Saturday night in early June that year, citizens took the brothers from the jail and hanged them, according to a report in The People published June 18, 1874. The account names the brothers only by surname and gives no first name or age for either man. The details come from that single newspaper report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.