Died in custody
Name not reported
He was a Black man held under guard in the Choctaw Nation, one of four Black men held there at the time. The True Northerner reported that a party of citizens took the four men from their guards. The citizens hanged them from the nearest trees without any legal process. The paper's account is the only source for these events.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.