Died in jail or a lockup
Max Hearn
Max Hearn was the son of J. R. Hearn, described in the New-York Tribune as one of the most respectable farmers in the neighborhood near Luxora, Arkansas. Early on the morning of April 7, 1901, a mob of about fifteen people took him from the county jail in Osceola, Arkansas, and hanged him from a tree. The paper reported that the mob seized the deputy sheriff and took the jail keys before entering the jail. Before he was taken, Hearn prayed and said the shooting for which he was held had been accidental, not done out of malice.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody