Andrew J. Mulligan
Andrew J. Mulligan, recorded in one account as James Page, was being held in the jail at Harrison, Arkansas, in November 1886. According to a dispatch printed in the Grenada Sentinel, about thirty-five armed men attacked the jail on the night of November 13, overpowered the guards, and took the keys from the jailer after he refused to open the doors. The mob took Mulligan from the jail, hanged him from a tree, and shot him. Another report puts the number of men at 25 to 30 and says a sheriff who gathered a crowd was held back by the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Harrison jail staff and the mob's taking of the keys as reported in press accounts (reporters); A special dispatch from Harrison, Ark., as printed in the Grenada Sentinel (reporters); Daily Evening Bulletin (reporters).