Died in jail or a lockup
James McLoid
James McLoid was held in a jail at Hamburg, Arkansas, when a mob took him from it and lynched him in June 1901. A wire report printed by the Crittenden Press on June 20, 1901 described the killing. The account describes the death as a lynching carried out by a mob that took him from the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.