Died in jail or a lockup
John Farmer
John Farmer, a Black man, was held in the jail at Dermott, Arkansas. On Sunday, July 19, 1891, a mob took him from that jail and lynched him, according to a short item in the Semi-Weekly Interior Journal published two days later. The item names the mob as the ones who killed him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: 1891 newspaper item (reporters).