David T. Nelson

David T. Nelson was held in the Varner jail in Arkansas when, on November 13, 1893, a mob broke into the jail, took him out, shot him many times and tried to burn his body, according to newspaper accounts from 1893 and 1894. A dispatch from Pine Bluff, reprinted in the Forrest City Times, said the mob was made up of Black men. A February 1894 report in the Evening Bulletin described the later arrest of a man it called a leader of the mob and the trial of the group.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: A dispatch from Pine Bluff, as reprinted in a 1894 newspaper (reporters).

News reports (4)

• The Forrest City Times, November 24, 1893, page 4 The Forrest City Times, November 24, 1893
• The Evening Bulletin, February 23, 1894, page 1 The Evening Bulletin, February 23, 1894
• The Houston Daily Post, February 24, 1894, page 4 The Houston Daily Post, February 24, 1894
• The Forrest City Times, March 2, 1894, page 5 The Forrest City Times, March 2, 1894