Name not reported

A Black man held at the jail in Crossett, Arkansas, was taken from the jail by a mob on Sunday, September 4, 1904, according to a special dispatch to the Little Rock Gazette reprinted in the New-York Tribune. The mob hanged him from a tree about three miles from town and then shot him many times. His name is not given in the account. The dispatch does not say whether the jailer or officers resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed him over.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Little Rock Gazette special dispatch, reprinted in the New-York Tribune (reporters).

Source

• New-York Tribune, September 6, 1904, page 6 New-York Tribune, September 6, 1904