Henry Smith
Henry Smith was being held in the jail at Des Arc, Arkansas, when a mob of about thirty or forty men came for him on Saturday night, July 9, 1881. According to the Memphis Daily Appeal, the men took the keys from the jailer, entered the jail, and dragged him out. The paper reported that they hanged him until he was dead. A Little Rock dispatch printed in the Savannah Morning News said his body was then thrown into the river. The Memphis Daily Appeal reported that no one tried to stop the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Little Rock dispatch reports that a mob took the keys from the jailer at Des Arc, Arkansas, entered the jail, dragged Henry Smith out and hanged him.
Reported by: Little Rock dispatch printed in the Savannah Morning News (reporters).