Sunny Powell

Sunny Powell was a Black man held in the Nowata county jail in Nowata, Oklahoma. According to a South Bend News-Times wire report, on the evening of September 29, 1916, a larger mob forced its way in while the sheriff was away and pushed aside the deputies guarding the prisoners. The mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree near the courthouse. Some other reports give October 6 as the date of the killing.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the Nowata jail, took Sunny Powell from the custody of deputies who had been pushed aside, and hanged him from a tree near the courthouse.

Reported by: South Bend News-Times wire report (reporters); Nowata county jail deputies (the agency that held him).

Sources (12)

• The Birmingham Age-Herald, September 30, 1916, page 7 The Birmingham Age-Herald, September 30, 1916
• Anchorage Daily Times And Cook Inlet Pioneer, September 30, 1916, page 1 Anchorage Daily Times And Cook Inlet Pioneer, September 30, 1916
• Bisbee Daily Review, September 30, 1916, page 8 Bisbee Daily Review, September 30, 1916
• Arizona Republican, September 30, 1916, page 1 Arizona Republican, September 30, 1916
• Evening Capital News, September 30, 1916, page 1 Evening Capital News, September 30, 1916
• South Bend News-Times, September 30, 1916, page 7 South Bend News-Times, September 30, 1916
• Hopkinsville Kentuckian, October 3, 1916, page 2 Hopkinsville Kentuckian, October 3, 1916
• Cheyenne Record, October 5, 1916, page 2 Cheyenne Record, October 5, 1916
• The Holly Chieftain, October 6, 1916, page 7 The Holly Chieftain, October 6, 1916
• The Meridian Times, October 6, 1916, page 2 The Meridian Times, October 6, 1916
• The Benson Signal, October 7, 1916, page 2 The Benson Signal, October 7, 1916
• The Liberal Democrat, December 8, 1916, page 6 The Liberal Democrat, December 8, 1916