Died in jail or a lockup
Dr. B. E. Ward
Dr. B. E. Ward was held in the Cleveland County jail in Norman, Oklahoma. According to The Milwaukee Leader, about a dozen men from Noble, eight miles south of Norman, got into the jail by a ruse and overpowered the jailer, then took Dr. Ward from the jail. The mob hanged him from a tree two miles south of town on May 10, 1915.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.