Hilliard
Hilliard, 18, was held in the county jail at Hope, Arkansas, in January 1909. Early on January 18, a group of masked men overpowered the jailer on duty while the sheriff was out of town, took Hilliard from the jail, and hanged him from a telegraph pole in front of the Iron Mountain station, then fired shots into his body. According to the newspaper account, the mob first forced the light plant engineer to cut the town's power. The jailer's response is not described in the account beyond being overpowered, and the lynchers were never identified.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob overpowered the jailer while the sheriff was out of town, took Hilliard from the Hope, Arkansas jail and hanged him from a telegraph pole.
Reported by: news reports.