Curtis Young

Curtis Young, a Black man, was held in the city jail at Clarksville, Missouri, in June 1898, alongside Sam Young. Newspapers report that a mob took both men from the jail around midnight and hanged them from a tree. One account places the tree about a mile outside the city, and officers from Bowling Green were said to have found both men dead. Accounts disagree on whether the local officers resisted the crowd or gave the men up.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Curtis Young and his brother Sam from the Clarksville, Missouri jail and hanged them from a tree.

Reported by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (reporters); Clarksville city jail (the agency that held him).

News reports (7)

• El Paso Daily Herald, June 6, 1898, page 1 El Paso Daily Herald, June 6, 1898
• Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, June 6, 1898, page 5 Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, June 6, 1898
• Alexandria Gazette, June 6, 1898, page 2 Alexandria Gazette, June 6, 1898
• The Evening Bulletin, June 7, 1898, page 1 The Evening Bulletin, June 7, 1898
• The Times, June 7, 1898, page 6 The Times, June 7, 1898
• The Daily Kentuckian, June 8, 1898, page 4 The Daily Kentuckian, June 8, 1898
• Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, June 10, 1898, page 2 Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, June 10, 1898