J. M. Smith
J. M. Smith was one of three men held in the DeWitt jail in Arkansas when a group of masked men entered and shot them to death, according to the Madison Daily Leader's report of December 23, 1891. The paper says the mob numbered fifteen or twenty men and fired a dozen or more shots into the prisoners. The Appeal, in a January 1892 column, also reported that the three men were taken from the jail and shot by a mob. A report that Smith and another prisoner would be released on bond is said to have prompted the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of fifteen or twenty masked men entered the DeWitt, Arkansas jail and shot Smith and two other prisoners to death, according to a January 1892 newspaper report.
Reported by: The Appeal (reporters).