Died in jail or a lockup
Ben Daniels
Ben Daniels, a Black man, was held in the custody of the sheriff near Arkadelphia, Arkansas, together with his two sons. On the night of January 24, 1879, a band of masked men took the three from the sheriff and hanged them from a tree. Accounts published in the Batesville Guard and the American Citizen describe the killing as a lynching carried out by the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.