Died in jail or a lockup
Henry McCrary
Henry McCrary, a Black man, was being taken by officers toward the Jacksboro jail near Newcomb in February 1894 when a group seized him from the officers and lynched him, according to a Pine Bluff Daily Graphic dispatch published on February 15, 1894. The dispatch does not give the number of people involved. It also does not say whether the officers resisted or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.