Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held in a jail in Louisiana was taken by a mob of about fifty men on the night of December 28, 1879, and shot to death, according to a wire report in the Keowee Courier. The report describes this as the fourth killing of a Black person held in the same jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A wire report in the Keowee Courier says a mob of about fifty men took a Black man from a Louisiana jail and shot him to death.
Reported by: wire report in the Keowee Courier (reporters).