B.B. Berwell
B.B. Berwell was one of four men held in the Ada, Oklahoma, jail while awaiting a preliminary hearing. According to a news dispatch from Oklahoma City published April 19, 1909, a mob of about 100 masked men took the four from the jail and hanged them from rafters in a barn behind the building. The dispatch reports that the jailer and an extra guard were disarmed and tied and that the mob dispersed quietly. An investigation was reported to be underway.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch from Oklahoma City reports that a mob of about 100 masked men took Berwell and three others from the Ada jail and hanged them from rafters in a barn behind the jail.
Reported by: news dispatch from Oklahoma City (reporters).