Deaths in Custody
Died in custody

A. B. Welsh

died November 1902 · Wynne

A. B. Welsh, a Black man, was in the custody of an officer at Wynne in November 1902. According to a newspaper report, a mob of masked men took Welsh from the officer that night. The report says the mob then hanged him from a tree in a swamp.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report