Moses Ricks
Moses Ricks was a Black preacher and religious exhorter, well known among Black residents of the Clarendon area in Monroe County, Arkansas, and he was due to be ordained within days. In June 1898, according to contemporary newspaper accounts, a large mob took him from the jail in Clarendon, shot him and hanged his body, with a placard pinned to it. The accounts give different dates for his death and differ on other details, and they report that his father had been lynched shortly before. None of the accounts say whether jail officers resisted the mob or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. According to Arkansas newspaper reports, a mob took Moses Ricks from the Monroe County jail in Clarendon, hanged him and shot his body in June 1898.
Reported by: Arkansas newspaper reports (reporters).
News reports (9)
- The Morning News, June 15, 1898, page 7
- The Daily Texarkanian, June 15, 1898, page 1
- Daily Public Ledger, June 15, 1898, page 3
- Daily Press, June 15, 1898, page 4
- The Daily Kentuckian, June 16, 1898, page 4
- The Leader, June 22, 1898, page 2
- The Hartford Herald, June 22, 1898, page 1
- Oxford Eagle, June 23, 1898, page 1
- De Queen Bee, June 24, 1898, page 2