Clarke Evans
Clarke Evans, also reported as Clark Evans, was held in the jail in Carrollton, Illinois, when a group of men in disguise took him from it in the early hours of Sunday, June 21, 1874. According to a Memphis Daily Appeal report, the mob hanged him from a tree near the edge of town and none of the men were recognized. A St. Louis dispatch in The Daily Dispatch described the same mob taking him from the jail and hanging him. Whether jail staff resisted the mob or gave up the keys is not stated.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Memphis Daily Appeal report says a large group of disguised men took Clarke Evans from the Carrollton, Illinois jail and hanged him from a tree; a St. Louis dispatch gives the same account, naming him Clark Evans.
Reported by: Memphis Daily Appeal (reporters); St. Louis dispatch (reporters).