Jim Dickerson
Jim Dickerson was held at the McClain County jail in Purcell, Oklahoma, for safekeeping. According to a United Press telegram published in The Chickasha Daily Express, about 30 armed men arrived in automobiles around 3 a.m. on January 27, 1914, and the jailer handed over the keys. The men took Dickerson from his cell, drove him to a point near Noble just across the county line in Cleveland County, and hanged him from a telephone pole, where his body was said to be riddled with bullets.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A United Press telegram report says a mob of about 30 armed men took Jim Dickerson from the McClain County jail and hanged him from a telephone pole near Noble.
Reported by: United Press telegram report (reporters).