Died in jail or a lockup
Thomas Wilson
In February 1884, Thomas Wilson, a Black man, was in the custody of a constable near a planter's home about thirty miles north of Little Rock, who was taking him toward the jail at Conway. According to a Little Rock dispatch reprinted in the Arkansas State News, about ten o'clock that night a group of masked men took him from the officer and hanged him from a tree. The dispatch attributes the killing to the masked men alone.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Little Rock dispatch reprinted in the Arkansas State News says a group of masked men took him from a constable and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: Little Rock dispatch reprinted in the Arkansas State News (reporters).