Name not reported

A 17-year-old girl held in the local jail near Muskogee, Oklahoma, was taken from the jail by a mob in the early morning and lynched, according to a letter from her brother printed in The Gazette. He said he heard her cries from where he was hiding and could not help her. He described her as the daughter of respectable parents and said he was anxious to learn what had happened to them.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Her brother says a mob took her from the local jail near Muskogee, Oklahoma, in the early morning and lynched her.

Reported by: her brother, in a letter from Clovis, N.M., printed in The Gazette (family or their lawyers).

Source

• The Gazette, May 16, 1914, page 2 The Gazette, May 16, 1914