Arthur Dean

Arthur Dean, a 22-year-old Black man, was in the custody of officers in Augusta, Arkansas, in Woodruff County, after a preliminary examination in 1911. According to press reports from that year, a well-organized mob of white and Black citizens took him from the officers, dragged him to an old mill shed in the city and hanged him. The reports say the crowd acted in an orderly and quiet way and that no shots were fired.

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

Reported by: Forrest City Times (reporters); The Mountain Echo (reporters).

News reports (3)

• The Forrest City Times, September 15, 1911, page 6 The Forrest City Times, September 15, 1911
• The Mountain Echo, September 15, 1911, page 2 The Mountain Echo, September 15, 1911
• The Green Forest Tribune, September 15, 1911, page 1 The Green Forest Tribune, September 15, 1911