Sheriff John H. Wisner, age 28, was shot and killed by members of a lynch mob on March 30, 1870, in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. Wisner, a Civil War veteran, had served as sheriff for two years. The tragic incident occurred when a group of about 15 to 20 men went to the county jail seeking to murder a prisoner. They shot Sheriff Wisner in the chest through a closed door and then entered the jail to murder the prisoner.
Despite the gravity of the crime, no arrests were made, and the offende
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