Died in jail or a lockup

Bill Beatnes

died February 28, 1888 · Clinton

Bill Beatnes, a Black man, was held in the jail at Clinton. According to a telegram reported in the Evening Capital Journal on March 1, 1888, a mob of about fifty men took him out of the jail and lynched him on February 28, 1888. The telegram says the same group had also taken another man from the same jail.

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

Reported by: telegram report.

Source

Evening Capital Journal, March 1, 1888, page 1 Evening Capital Journal, March 1, 1888

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