Dick Scales

Dick Scales, a Black man, was held at the jail in Darlington. The Iowa Plain Dealer reported in 1885 that a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. The paper said the vigilantes were drunk, fought among themselves, and clashed with the sheriff's posse, and that several people were wounded.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Iowa Plain Dealer's 1885 report says a mob took Dick Scales from the Darlington jail and lynched him.

Reported by: Iowa Plain Dealer (reporters).

Source

• The Iowa Plain Dealer, September 17, 1885, page 4 The Iowa Plain Dealer, September 17, 1885