Died in jail or a lockup
Henry Crobyson
Henry Crobyson, a Black man, was one of three men the sheriff was taking from McGhee, Arkansas, toward the jail at Arkansas City, according to an Associated Press dispatch printed in The Herald on September 23, 1894. The dispatch says a mob of about 300 men overpowered the officers escorting them and hanged the three men from a telegraph pole near McGhee on September 22, 1894. It reports that the bodies were then fired on.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Associated Press dispatch reports that a mob of about 300 men overpowered the sheriff's officers while they were taking him toward the Arkansas City jail, and hanged him from a telegraph pole near McGhee.
Reported by: Associated Press dispatch (reporters).