Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Henry Allen

jail at Cotton Plant, Ark., Woodruff County, Arkansas

Henry Allen was held at the jail at Cotton Plant, Arkansas, when a mob took Henry Allen from the jail and hanged Henry Allen. The Semi-Weekly Interior Journal reported in January 1893 that Henry Allen's body was then shot repeatedly. No official account of the killing has been reported.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News report