Floyd Gregory

Floyd Gregory was one of three men held in the DeWitt jail in Arkansas in December 1891. According to a Madison Daily Leader report published December 23, 1891, a group of masked men entered the jail and fired a dozen or more shots into the three prisoners, killing them. The Leader described the group as orderly. A January 1892 column in The Appeal says Gregory was the second of the three men taken from the jail and shot by a mob.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of masked men entered the DeWitt, Arkansas jail and shot Floyd Gregory and two other prisoners to death, according to a January 1892 newspaper column.

Reported by: The Appeal (newspaper) (reporters).

Sources (2)

• The Madison Daily Leader, December 23, 1891, page 2 The Madison Daily Leader, December 23, 1891
• The Appeal, January 9, 1892, page 2 The Appeal, January 9, 1892