James Bagley

James Bagley, a Black man, was held in the jail at Alma, Arkansas, in July 1888. According to a brief newspaper dispatch, a mob took him from the jail around midnight and shot him while he was tied to a tree. The dispatch does not say how the mob got him out of the jail or whether the jailers resisted or handed him over.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief dispatch reports that James Bagley was taken from the Alma, Arkansas jail around midnight and shot while tied to a tree.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• Press And Daily Dakotaian, July 5, 1888, page 2 Press And Daily Dakotaian, July 5, 1888