Died in jail or a lockup

Moses Bycks

25 years old · died June 1898 · Clarinda, Arkansas

Moses Bycks was a 25-year-old Black man, well known among Black residents of the area, and he was to have been ordained a minister the following Saturday. According to the Bismarck Weekly Tribune, in June 1898 a mob of about 300 people came to the jail at Clarinda, Arkansas, during the night, took him from it and killed him. His body was left hanging, with a placard pinned to it.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 300 people took Moses Bycks from a jail at night and killed him, leaving his body hanging with a warning placard.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Bismarck Weekly Tribune, June 17, 1898, page 1 Bismarck Weekly Tribune, June 17, 1898

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