Died in jail or a lockup
Sam McIntyre
Sam McIntyre, a Black man, was held in the St. Francis County jail in Forrest City, Arkansas, on April 23, 1919. Before dawn, a group of masked men overpowered the jailer, took him from his cell and hanged him from a telegraph pole near the Rock Island railroad. A coroner's jury found that he died by hanging at the hands of unidentified people.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's jury found he died by hanging at the hands of unidentified people after a mob took him from the St. Francis County jail.
Reported by: the coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner).