Died in custody
Jim Stewart
Jim Stewart, a Black man, was one of three men held in the custody of the town marshal in Bearden, Arkansas. On May 9, 1893, a mob took the three men from the marshal and hanged them from telegraph poles. Stewart was killed in that lynching, and the record of it names no other details about his life.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The town marshal held Jim Stewart and a mob took him and hanged him on a telegraph pole, according to the article.
Reported by: news reports.