Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Louisiana

A Black man held in a Louisiana jail was taken from the sheriff by a mob and lynched, according to a short national news report in the Vernon County Censor in March 1906. It does not say whether the sheriff resisted the mob or handed the man over.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Vernon County Censor, March 28, 1906, page 2 Vernon County Censor, March 28, 1906

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