Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man was one of four men held under guard in the Choctaw Nation, according to a newspaper report published in December 1886. The report says a party of citizens took the four men from their guards and hanged them from the nearest trees, without any legal process. Under this account, the men were in the custody of those guards when the citizens came for them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.