John Farmer

John Farmer, a Black man, was being held in a jail in Arkansas in July 1891. According to several 1891 newspaper accounts, an armed mob took him from the jail in the early hours of Sunday, July 19, and hanged him from a tree. The Indianapolis Journal and the Pittsburg Dispatch report that the mob included both white and Black men. The papers differ on the town, naming either Arkansas City or Dermott, and one gives July 20 as the date instead.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took John Farmer from the Arkansas City calaboose or jail and hanged him from a tree, according to 1891 newspaper dispatches; the accounts do not say whether jailers or sheriffs resisted the mob.

Reported by: news dispatches and newspapers of 1891 (Pittsburg Dispatch, Mexico Weekly Ledger, Abbeville Press and Banner) (reporters).

Sources (10)

• The Indianapolis Journal, July 20, 1891, page 1 The Indianapolis Journal, July 20, 1891
• Pittsburg Dispatch, July 20, 1891, page 1 Pittsburg Dispatch, July 20, 1891
• Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, July 21, 1891, page 3 Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, July 21, 1891
• Fairhaven Herald, July 21, 1891, page 1 Fairhaven Herald, July 21, 1891
• Mexico Weekly Ledger, July 23, 1891, page 3 Mexico Weekly Ledger, July 23, 1891
• Griggs Courier, July 24, 1891, page 6 Griggs Courier, July 24, 1891
• The Herald-Advance, July 24, 1891, page 2 The Herald-Advance, July 24, 1891
• The Democratic Advocate, July 25, 1891, page 3 The Democratic Advocate, July 25, 1891
• Fisherman & Farmer, July 31, 1891, page 2 Fisherman & Farmer, July 31, 1891
• The Abbeville Press And Banner, August 5, 1891, page 6 The Abbeville Press And Banner, August 5, 1891