Alfred England
Alfred England was being taken to Velonia in Faulkner County, Arkansas, in the custody of Deputy Sheriff Moore when a group of armed, masked men confronted the deputy and his assistants. According to a St. Louis dispatch, based on information received by federal authorities there, the mob fired about thirty shots into England and then hanged him in front of the officers. The members of the mob were not identified. The account was printed in an 1895 newspaper and may contain errors.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A St. Louis dispatch reports that a masked mob shot Alfred England about thirty times and hanged him while he was being taken to Velonia by Deputy Sheriff Moore.
Reported by: Federal authorities in St. Louis.