Seattle C. Gadle
Seattle C. Gadle was held in the jail at Brinkley, Arkansas. Shortly after midnight on November 8, 1903, a mob of five or ten men took him from the jail after a scuffle and gunfire, according to The St. Louis Republic. He broke away and ran toward a house across the street, but was overtaken about 600 feet away and killed. A coroner's jury, Coroner W. W. Chinnult's, found he died from gunshot wounds inflicted by parties unknown and was hanged afterward from a telegraph pole near the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's jury found he died from gunshot wounds inflicted by parties unknown and was hanged afterward, after a mob took him from the Brinkley, Arkansas jail.
Reported by: Coroner W. W. Chinnult's jury (medical examiner or coroner); The St. Louis Republic (reporters).