Mac Baldwin

Mac Baldwin was one of five Black men held by guards near St. Charles, Arkansas, in March 1904, during racial violence in the area. Newspaper dispatches, including one printed in the Arkansas Gazette, report that a crowd took the five men from the guards and shot them to death. The accounts differ on the date, giving March 24 and March 26, and some place the killings at DeWitt rather than St. Charles.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd took him and four other men from the guards holding them and shot them to death, according to newspaper dispatches from DeWitt and St. Charles, Arkansas, in March 1904.

Reported by: The Arkansas Gazette, via a special dispatch (reporters); Dispatch from DeWitt, Ark., printed in The Indianapolis Journal (reporters).

Sources (7)

• The Montgomery Advertiser, March 26, 1904, page 1 The Montgomery Advertiser, March 26, 1904
• The Daily Palladium, March 26, 1904, page 7 The Daily Palladium, March 26, 1904
• The Indianapolis Journal, March 26, 1904, page 1 The Indianapolis Journal, March 26, 1904
• The Times-Journal, March 30, 1904, page 2 The Times-Journal, March 30, 1904
• Abilene Weekly Reflector, March 31, 1904, page 10 Abilene Weekly Reflector, March 31, 1904
• The Kinsley Graphic, April 1, 1904, page 3 The Kinsley Graphic, April 1, 1904
• The Scranton Chronicle, April 2, 1904, page 1 The Scranton Chronicle, April 2, 1904