George Chevriles

According to a Little Rock Gazette dispatch from Pocahontas, Arkansas, carried by the New-York Tribune in March 1901, a mob of about 250 men took George Chevriles from the town jail, where he was being held, and hanged him. The dispatch says the men in the mob were masked. A trial that had been set for him was postponed until the following week.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Little Rock Gazette dispatch from Pocahontas says a masked mob of about 250 men took him from the town jail and hanged him.

Reported by: Little Rock Gazette (reporters).

Source

• New-York Tribune, March 24, 1901, page 2 New-York Tribune, March 24, 1901