Frank Tucker
Frank Tucker, a 24-year-old Black man, was held under guard at the Crossett city hall and later at the local jail in Crossett, Arkansas, according to the Brownsville Herald. On September 15, 1932, the Herald reports, a crowd gathered at the jail, overpowered the jailer, took his keys and dragged Tucker from his cell. The Herald says the crowd hanged him in front of the jail, while the Atlanta Daily World, in its 1932 lynching records, says a crowd of about 500 hanged him in the courtyard. The two accounts differ on where the hanging took place and on the size of the crowd.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 500 took Frank Tucker from the Crossett, Arkansas jail and hanged him in the courtyard, according to the Atlanta Daily World's 1932 lynching records.
Reported by: Atlanta Daily World (reporters).