Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died December 31, 1911 · Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Turner, a Black man, was being held in the jail at Muldrow, Oklahoma. According to a Fort Smith, Arkansas dispatch, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him on the morning of December 31, 1911.

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

Reported by: Fort Smith, Arkansas dispatch (reporters).

Source

The Detroit Times, January 1, 1912, page 2 The Detroit Times, January 1, 1912

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