Bud Hayden

Bud Hayden was held in the Texarkana jail in Arkansas on June 3, 1898. Seven men took him from the jail and drove him to a house, where he was identified, and then handed him over to a waiting mob. The mob dragged him to a tree near the Iron Mountain railway, shot him and hanged him from it. One account says an Iron Mountain train was held more than an hour while the mob blocked the track.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Bud Hayden from the Texarkana jail, shot him and hanged him from a tree near the Iron Mountain railway.

Reported by: Texarkana jail accounts (historical newspaper reports) (reporters).

News reports (2)

• The Herald, June 4, 1898, page 3 The Herald, June 4, 1898
• The San Francisco Call, June 4, 1898, page 4 The San Francisco Call, June 4, 1898