Hamilton

Hamilton was held in the jail at Warren, Arkansas, in January 1887. According to a Little Rock dispatch in the Fort Worth Daily Gazette, a mob broke into the jail, took him out and lynched him, along with a man named Medbury. Early reports said the two men had been taken away by friends, but later news contradicted that account. Other papers reported that a party of masked men took Hamilton and another prisoner from the Warren jail and killed them on January 22, 1887.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Little Rock dispatch says a mob raided the Warren, Arkansas jail, took Hamilton from it and lynched him, and that early reports wrongly said friends had taken the two men away.

Reported by: Special to the Gazette, Little Rock dispatch (reporters); The Weekly Sentinel news summary (reporters); St. Louis dispatch (reporters).

Sources (6)

• Fort Worth Daily Gazette, January 23, 1887, page 7 Fort Worth Daily Gazette, January 23, 1887
• Rock Island Daily Argus, January 24, 1887, page 2 Rock Island Daily Argus, January 24, 1887
• The River Press, January 26, 1887, page 1 The River Press, January 26, 1887
• The Brookhaven Leader, January 27, 1887, page 1 The Brookhaven Leader, January 27, 1887
• The Weekly Sentinel, January 27, 1887, page 4 The Weekly Sentinel, January 27, 1887
• The Osceola Times, January 29, 1887, page 2 The Osceola Times, January 29, 1887