George Harris
George E. Harris was held in the jail at Varino, the Lincoln County seat, in Arkansas, when a crowd of armed men entered the jailer's room late on the night of February 21, 1892, and demanded the keys. According to a news dispatch, the jailer refused and was overpowered, and the mob reached Harris's cell. When the door could not be forced, one man fired through the bars and others followed, and Harris died of gunshot wounds fired by the mob. A second account from the Forrest City Times, dated February 25, names a George Harris lynched by a mob at Varner, Lincoln County, but gives no further details, and it is not clear whether it describes the same death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch reports that a mob overpowered the jailer, reached Harris's cell and fired through the bars until he fell fatally wounded.
Reported by: news dispatch.