Sanford Lewis

Sanford Lewis, a 29-year-old Black man, was held in the jail in Fort Smith, Arkansas, when a mob took him from it and hanged him from a trolley pole. The Oskaloosa Herald, citing a Fort Smith dispatch, reported the killing. The paper said a special grand jury was to investigate the lynching.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Sanford Lewis from the Fort Smith jail and hanged him to a trolley pole, according to a news report citing a Fort Smith dispatch.

Reported by: Oskaloosa Herald, citing a Fort Smith dispatch (reporters).

Source

• The Oskaloosa Herald, March 28, 1912, page 3 The Oskaloosa Herald, March 28, 1912