George Hunter
George Hunter was held in the Fort Smith jail in Sebastian County, Arkansas, on March 23, 1912. According to the Sentinel-Record, a mob of hundreds battered the steel door, pried out a window, went into the holdover cell where he was held, beat him, and hanged him from an electric light pole on Garrison Avenue. The paper said the jailer had only just locked the doors and that a handful of officers stood quietly by while the mob gathered. A United Press dispatch carried by The Daily Gate City gives a similar account of a mob breaking into the jail late at night, dragging him out and lynching him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the Fort Smith jail, battered the doors, dragged George Hunter out and hanged him, while officers stood by as the mob gathered, according to the Sentinel-Record account.
Reported by: Sentinel-Record newspaper account (reporters); United Press dispatch (reporters).