Died in custody
Charley Brauch
Charley Brauch, a Black man, was being held by guards in Arkansas when an armed mob overpowered them. The New-York Tribune reported that the mob took him and hanged him from a telegraph pole near Varner Station on the Little Rock and Mississippi River Railway. The paper placed the killing late on the night of Tuesday, December 26, 1882. The guards were overpowered, according to the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Historical newspaper account (reporters).