Joe Allen

Joe Allen was a cattleman from Canadian, Texas, whom newspapers described as prominent and well-to-do. He was one of four men held in the jail at Ada, Oklahoma, when a mob of about one hundred people came to the jail early on Monday, April 19, 1909. According to one report, the jailer and an extra guard were disarmed and tied, and the mob took the four men to a barn across from the jail and hanged them. Allen died in that barn, one of the four killed that morning.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news dispatches from Oklahoma City and Ada reporting the 1909 Ada lynching (reporters).

News reports (7)

• The Paducah Evening Sun, April 19, 1909, page 1 The Paducah Evening Sun, April 19, 1909
• The Daily Guard, April 20, 1909, page 1 The Daily Guard, April 20, 1909
• The Lee County Journal, April 23, 1909, page 1 The Lee County Journal, April 23, 1909
• The Forrest City Times, April 23, 1909, page 1 The Forrest City Times, April 23, 1909
• The Savannah Tribune, April 24, 1909, page 1 The Savannah Tribune, April 24, 1909
• The Tupelo Journal, April 30, 1909, page 2 The Tupelo Journal, April 30, 1909
• Greene County Herald, April 30, 1909, page 1 Greene County Herald, April 30, 1909