Frank Moore

According to a telegram from Fort Smith, Arkansas, dated November 29, 1886, which cited good authority, Frank Moore was taken from the officers holding him by vigilantes near Bumeyville, in the Chickasaw Nation, and hanged. The telegram said he was expected at Fort Smith but had not arrived there. The Iowa Plain Dealer reported the telegram in December 1886.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Fort Smith, Ark. telegram citing good authority reported that vigilantes took Frank Moore from officers near Bumeyville in the Chickasaw nation and hanged him.

Reported by: Fort Smith, Ark. telegram citing good authority (reporters).

Source

• The Iowa Plain Dealer, December 9, 1886, page 1 The Iowa Plain Dealer, December 9, 1886