Died in custody
John Haynes
John Haynes was one of six Black men held in custody and being taken toward Millington in a wagon, chained together with the others. Near Millington, a mob of armed men stopped the wagon and shot all six men; accounts differ on whether the mob numbered about fifteen or about fifty, and one paper gives the date as August 31, 1894. An inquest jury found that the men died at the hands of persons unknown. The Pine Bluff Daily Graphic reported that an investigation was promised.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An inquest jury found that a mob of armed men killed him after stopping the party taking him to Millington for a preliminary hearing, and that the killers were persons unknown.
Reported by: inquest jury.