Henry C Robinson

Henry Crobyson was one of three men the sheriff was taking from McGhee, Arkansas, toward the jail at Arkansas City on September 22, 1894. According to an Associated Press dispatch, a mob of about 300 men overpowered the officers and hanged the three men from a telegraph pole near McGhee. Another paper described the mob as about fifty men and said the bodies were shot through with bullets and left hanging for more than an hour.

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

Reported by: Associated Press dispatch (reporters); Grant County Herald, citing a wire dispatch (reporters).

Sources (4)

• The Herald, September 23, 1894, page 8 The Herald, September 23, 1894
• Grant County Herald, September 27, 1894, page 1 Grant County Herald, September 27, 1894
• The News Boy, September 29, 1894, page 5 The News Boy, September 29, 1894
• The St. Johns Herald, October 11, 1894, page 1 The St. Johns Herald, October 11, 1894