Died in jail or a lockup
William Fleetas
William Fleetas was held in a jail in Madison Parish, Louisiana, when a mob took him out and shot him to death. A brief December 1884 news item reports the killing in a single line. The report gives no further account of the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news roundup reports that a mob took William Fleetas from a jail in Madison parish, Louisiana, and shot him to death.
Reported by: news reports.