Died in jail or a lockup
Mose Harris
Mose Harris was a Black man who was being held in the jail at Varner, Arkansas. A mob took him from the jail and shot him to death. Newspaper reports of the killing, printed in February and March 1892, attribute it to the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief wire item reports that a mob took Mose Harris from the Varner, Arkansas, jail and shot him to death, without describing how the mob got in or whether jail officers resisted.
Reported by: news reports.