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Died in custody

Name not reported

died December 11, 1914 · Louisiana

Two men, not named in the press dispatch, were held in the custody of a deputy sheriff near Shreveport, Louisiana. According to the dispatch, a mob took them from the deputy early on the night of December 11, 1914, and hanged them. The Anderson Daily Intelligencer published the account on December 13, 1914. Neither man is identified by name in the report.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A press dispatch reports that a mob took the two men from a deputy sheriff near Shreveport and hanged them.

Reported by: press dispatch.

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