Rilla Weaver

Rilla Weaver, a Black person, was one of several people held in the Monroe County jail at Clarendon, Arkansas, in August 1898. Newspaper accounts report that a mob came to the jail in the early hours of August 10, took them from their cells, and hanged them near the jail. According to these reports, the deputy sheriff in charge first refused the mob's demands and then handed over the keys. Accounts differ on how many people were taken and how large the mob was, and one says the bodies were left hanging until 9 a.m. the next day.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Rilla Weaver from the Monroe County jail at Clarendon and hanged them, after the deputy sheriff in charge first refused and then handed over the keys.

Reported by: newspaper report (Little Rock dispatch) (reporters).

News reports (7)

• The Morning News, August 11, 1898, page 1 The Morning News, August 11, 1898
• Richmond Dispatch, August 11, 1898, page 3 Richmond Dispatch, August 11, 1898
• The Forrest City Times, August 12, 1898, page 1 The Forrest City Times, August 12, 1898
• The Van Buren Press, August 13, 1898, page 2 The Van Buren Press, August 13, 1898
• The Monticellonian, August 19, 1898, page 4 The Monticellonian, August 19, 1898
• De Queen Bee, August 19, 1898, page 3 De Queen Bee, August 19, 1898
• The Osceola Times, August 20, 1898, page 2 The Osceola Times, August 20, 1898