Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail at DeWitt, Arkansas, was taken out in September 1877, together with another prisoner, by a group of about nineteen people. According to the Public Ledger, the group got past the guards by pretending to have a keg of powder with a fuse, and the guards fled without firing. He was killed nearby a few nights before the paper reported it. The newspaper gives no name for him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A group of about nineteen people got past the guards at the DeWitt, Arkansas jail, took a prisoner out and killed him nearby, and the guards fled without firing.
Reported by: news reports.