Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Hainolia Jail, Hainolia, Louisiana

A Black person held in the jail at Hainolia, Louisiana, was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged from a bridge outside the town. A second person held in the same jail was also taken by the mob and hanged from that bridge. Both deaths were reported in the Narragansett Herald in September 1886.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Narragansett Herald, September 4, 1886, page 4 Narragansett Herald, September 4, 1886

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