Charles Smith
Charles Smith, a Black man, was one of five men held by guards at St. Charles, Arkansas, in March 1904, during a racial disturbance that the Scranton Chronicle reported had already left several people dead in the area. The Times-Journal reported that on the night of Thursday, March 24, 1904, a crowd took the five men from the guards and shot them to death. A special dispatch to the Arkansas Gazette, as printed in the Montgomery Advertiser, gave the same account of the men being taken from the guard and shot by a crowd.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd took Charley Smith from the guards at St. Charles, Arkansas, and shot him to death, according to a special dispatch to the Arkansas Gazette.
Reported by: The Arkansas Gazette (reporters).