Arthur Woodard
Arthur Woodard, a Black man, was in the custody of City Marshal W. V. B. Jackson in Silver City, Mississippi, along with his brother Talcum Woodard, who was being taken to the county farm. On September 2, 1905, a masked mob took the two brothers from a train near Silver City and hanged Arthur to a tree about half a mile outside town. The newspaper report says the mob took them from the train but gives no account of whether Marshal Jackson resisted, gave them up, or handed them over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took him and his brother from a train near Silver City, Mississippi, while City Marshal W. V. B. Jackson held them, and hanged him to a tree.
Reported by: newspaper account of the 1905 lynching (reporters).