Thomas Clark

Tom Clarke was one of three men taken from the Florence jail in Alabama by an armed mob, according to a September 1872 report carried by the Montgomery Advertiser, and hanged on or about September 5, 1872. A news dispatch published in the Kentucky Gazette says the group broke into the jail and hanged the three from a tree, and that armed guards fired on the attackers but did not stop them. The Advertiser report gives no information about who carried out the hanging.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Montgomery Advertiser, citing a report from Florence, says an armed mob took Tom Clarke from the Florence jail and hanged him.

Reported by: Montgomery Advertiser (reporters); news dispatch.

News reports (2)

• The Daily Dispatch, September 6, 1872, page 4 The Daily Dispatch, September 6, 1872
• The Kentucky Gazette, September 7, 1872, page 3 The Kentucky Gazette, September 7, 1872