Died in jail or a lockup
Sanders Franklin
Sanders Franklin, a Black man, was held in the Ardmore jail in Oklahoma for safekeeping in August 1913. According to reports from Ardmore, while officers were taking him toward Paul's Valley, a mob took him from them and hanged him from nearby trees. Another account says a second Black man was taken in the same way at the same time. Whether the officers resisted or handed him over is not established.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: reports received at Ardmore, as printed in the Pine Bluff Daily Graphic (reporters).