Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in a Louisiana jail was taken from it on the night of December 28, 1879, when a mob of about fifty men came for him, according to a brief wire report in the Keowee Courier published January 8, 1880. The report says the mob shot him to death. The person's name is not given.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: wire report in the Keowee Courier (reporters).