N. P. Norman
N. P. Norman, a Black man, was held at the Ashdown jail in Little River County, Arkansas, and on February 11, 1922, a deputy sheriff was driving him back to Texarkana. Near Spring Lake park, about a mile from Ashdown, four masked men stopped the car and took him from the deputy while he was handcuffed. His body was later found on another road about five miles from town, with gunshot wounds. A grand jury later indicted the deputy and another Texarkana man in connection with his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Four masked men took him from a deputy's car near Spring Lake park and shot him, and a grand jury indicted the deputy and another Texarkana man in connection with his death.
Reported by: Grand jury (court).