Scott

Scott was in the custody of a sheriff's posse when citizens took him and lynched him, according to the Arizona Silver Belt, which reported the killing in May 1889. The newspaper account gives no date or place for the killing. The same report says that men later arrested in connection with the lynching were taken to St. Johns.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A 1889 Arizona newspaper reports that citizens took Scott from a sheriff's posse and lynched him.

Reported by: 1889 Arizona newspaper account (reporters).

Source

• Arizona Silver Belt, May 25, 1889, page 3 Arizona Silver Belt, May 25, 1889