Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man held in Louisiana in the custody of a deputy sheriff was taken from the deputy by a mob and lynched, according to a national news roundup printed in The Anderson Intelligencer on December 6, 1905. The roundup gives no name for him and no date or parish for the killing. It reports that the mob took him from the deputy and killed him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.