Manse Castle
Manse Castle, a Black man, was held in the Monroe County jail at Clarendon, Arkansas, in August 1898. Newspaper accounts report that a mob came to the jail around midnight on August 9 or 10, took him and other prisoners from their cells, and hanged them behind the jail or at a nearby mill. The deputy sheriff in charge is reported to have first refused the mob's demands and then handed over the keys. A coroner's jury found that the men were killed by unknown persons.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). A newspaper report says a mob of about 300 took Manse Castle from the Monroe County jail at Clarendon and hanged him, after the deputy sheriff first refused and then handed over the keys; a coroner's jury called the men's deaths killings by unknown persons.
Reported by: newspaper report (Little Rock dispatch) (reporters); coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner); The Monticellonian (reporters).
News reports (8)
- The Morning News, August 11, 1898, page 1
- Bryan Morning Eagle, August 11, 1898, page 4
- Richmond Dispatch, August 11, 1898, page 3
- The Forrest City Times, August 12, 1898, page 1
- The Van Buren Press, August 13, 1898, page 2
- The Monticellonian, August 19, 1898, page 4
- De Queen Bee, August 19, 1898, page 3
- The Osceola Times, August 20, 1898, page 2