Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On the night of Wednesday, August 28, 1895, a man held in an Arkansas jail was taken from his cell by a mob and hanged from a tree. The Middleburgh Post, reporting a news dispatch, described the killing as a lynching. The man was in the custody of the jail when the mob took him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Middleburgh Post, reporting a news dispatch, says a mob took the man from his cell and hanged him.
Reported by: The Middleburgh Post, reporting a news dispatch (reporters).