Albert Blades
Albert Blades, a Black man, was held in the jail in Wilson, Arkansas, in May 1926. According to a special dispatch to The Daily Worker, a mob estimated at 2,000 people gathered and threatened to break into the jail. The sheriff and two deputies moved him to a warehouse, where the mob took him from the officers and lynched him. The report gives no further detail about the killing, and no official account or inquiry is cited.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch to The Daily Worker says a mob of about 2,000 threatened the Wilson, Arkansas jail, and the sheriff and two deputies moved Blades to a warehouse, where the mob took him from the officers and lynched him.
Reported by: Special to The Daily Worker (reporters).