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Garrett Floi

died March 25, 1904 · Arkansas County, Arkansas

Garrett Floi, a Black man, was one of five Black men held by guards at St. Charles, Arkansas, during racial trouble there in March 1904. According to The Rich Hill Tribune, citing a special dispatch from Pewitt, Arkansas, a crowd took the five men from the guards on Friday, March 25, 1904, and shot them to death. The spelling of Floi's name in the report contains OCR errors and may be inexact.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Rich Hill Tribune, citing a special dispatch from Pewitt, Arkansas, reports that a crowd took five Black men from guards at St. Charles and shot them to death.

Reported by: The Rich Hill Tribune, citing a special dispatch from Pewitt, Ark. (reporters).

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