Name not reported

A Black preacher was held in an Iowa jail when a mob took him out and hanged him from a railroad bridge, according to a June 1882 report in The Sun. The account says his appeals for mercy moved some of those present, but they did not stop the mob. The report describes him as a preacher, and it is the only account this memorial draws on.

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

Reported by: The Sun (newspaper account, OCR text) (reporters).

Source

• The Sun, June 22, 1882, page 2 The Sun, June 22, 1882