John Foreman
John Foreman, a Black man, was held in the Nowata county jail in Nowata, Oklahoma, and died on September 29, 1916, after being taken from the jail. A South Bend News-Times wire report said a mob came to the jail shortly after dinner while the sheriff was away, forced its way in, and took Foreman and another prisoner. The report said the mob hanged him from a lamp post near the courthouse, and another account says the guarding deputies were pushed aside. The Rev. Perry Pierce, a Methodist minister, pleaded with the crowd and the mob paused for a time, but some accounts say it returned later to carry out the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took John Foreman from the Nowata county jail and hanged him from a lamp post near the courthouse, after a larger mob forced its way in while the sheriff was away.
Reported by: South Bend News-Times wire report (reporters).
Sources (18)
- The Birmingham Age-Herald, September 30, 1916, page 7
- Anchorage Daily Times And Cook Inlet Pioneer, September 30, 1916, page 1
- Bisbee Daily Review, September 30, 1916, page 8
- Arizona Republican, September 30, 1916, page 1
- Bisbee Daily Review, September 30, 1916, page 1
- Evening Capital News, September 30, 1916, page 1
- South Bend News-Times, September 30, 1916, page 7
- The Daily Journal, October 1, 1916, page 2
- Hopkinsville Kentuckian, October 3, 1916, page 2
- Cheyenne Record, October 5, 1916, page 2
- The Parma Herald, October 5, 1916, page 2
- The Holly Chieftain, October 6, 1916, page 7
- The Meridian Times, October 6, 1916, page 2
- The Idaho Recorder, October 6, 1916, page 6
- The Meridian Times, October 6, 1916, page 7
- The Benson Signal, October 7, 1916, page 2
- The Denver Star, October 21, 1916, page 1
- The Liberal Democrat, December 8, 1916, page 6