Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died September 1893 · Orleans Parish, Louisiana

A man whose name is not recorded was held in the New Orleans jail in September 1893. A mob took him from the jail and hanged him, as part of an attack on the jail that week. A Vermont newspaper reported the death on September 22, 1893.

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

Reported by: newspaper account.

Source

Vermont Phœnix, September 22, 1893, page 5 Vermont Phœnix, September 22, 1893

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