Died in jail or a lockup
Hill Weaver
Hill Weaver was one of five men held in the Monroe County jail at Clarendon, Arkansas, when a mob came for them around midnight on August 10, 1898. According to the report, the mob took the men from the jail and hanged them near the building. The deputy sheriff in charge first refused the mob's demands, then turned over the keys. The news account's spelling of Weaver's name is uncertain because part of it is illegible in the scanned text.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news report says a mob took Hill Weaver from the Monroe County jail at Clarendon, Arkansas, around midnight and hanged him near the jail after the deputy sheriff in charge turned over the keys.
Reported by: news report.