Volsin Basile

Volsin Basile, a Black man, was held in the jail at Southport in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. According to a New Orleans dispatch printed in The Morning Call and The Record-Union on September 18, 1893, a mob of armed men rode up to the jail late on the night of September 16, took him out and hanged him in a grove near the jail. The Morning Call reports that no shot was fired. The Record-Union account says two other men were taken and hanged with him.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody

News reports (2)

• The Morning Call, September 18, 1893, page 1 The Morning Call, September 18, 1893
• The Record-Union, September 18, 1893, page 1 The Record-Union, September 18, 1893