Died in jail or a lockup
Clarke
Clarke was held in the jail at Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, in April 1884. On the night of Saturday, April 26, according to Deputy Sheriff Brooks's testimony to a coroner's inquest, about four masked men demanded the keys from the deputy. The Dawson Journal reported that a crowd of about 75 men took Clarke from the jail and hanged him from a tree on the sidewalk near the old sheriff's office.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Deputy Sheriff Brooks told a coroner's inquest that a mob took Clarke from the Monroe jail and hanged him, and telegrams reported the same.
Reported by: Deputy Sheriff Brooks (the agency that held him); Shreveport, La. telegrams as reported by the Savannah Morning News (reporters).