Bowen

Bowen, a Black man, worked on a farm nine miles from Aberdeen, Mississippi. Officers held him and handed him over to a justice before noon on August 13, 1889. A crowd from the neighborhood took him from the officers and hanged him by the neck from a tree on a public road. The Butte Semi-Weekly Miner reported the killing four days later.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd from the neighborhood took Bowen from the officers and hanged him from a tree on a public road, according to the newspaper account.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• Butte Semi-Weekly Miner, August 17, 1889, page 2 Butte Semi-Weekly Miner, August 17, 1889