Howard

Henry Howard, a Black man, was held at the jail in Coshocton, Ohio. On Friday, June 19, 1885, about one hundred masked men broke into the jail, took him out and hanged him from a tree in the courthouse yard. Newspaper accounts say his body was left hanging there.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Henry Howard from the Coshocton, Ohio jail and hanged him from a tree in the courthouse yard.

Reported by: news reports.

Sources (2)

• Delaware Gazette And State Journal, June 25, 1885, page 1 Delaware Gazette And State Journal, June 25, 1885
• The Caldwell Tribune, July 3, 1885, page 2 The Caldwell Tribune, July 3, 1885