Died in jail or a lockup
Andy Crum
Andy Crum, about 35, owned around 400 acres of land on Island 37, which the Newark Journal reported was worth about $25,000. He was held in the Osceola jail in Mississippi County, Arkansas, and on the afternoon of August 12, 1915, while a federal court hearing on his request for release was under way, a mob of fifteen men overpowered the jailer, according to the paper. The men took him from the jail and shot him to death. He was 35 years old when he died.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of fifteen men overpowered the jailer, took Andy Crum from the Osceola jail and shot him to death.
Reported by: news reports.