Died in jail or a lockup
B. E. Brown
On April 19, 1909, a mob of about 200 men stormed the county jail in Ada, Oklahoma, overpowered the sheriff, and lynched four white men who were held there, according to a Semi-Weekly Herald dispatch from Ada. The paper names B. E. Brown as one of the four. The dispatch does not say whether the sheriff resisted, gave up the keys, or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Semi-Weekly Herald dispatch from Ada, Okla., reports that a mob of about 200 men took B. E. Brown from the county jail and lynched him.
Reported by: Semi-Weekly Herald (reporters).