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Died in jail or a lockup

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died August 4, 1892 · Cross County Jail, Cross County, Arkansas

A Black man held in the Wynne jail in Wynne, Arkansas, was taken from the jail by a mob and lynched on August 4, 1892, according to The Enterprise, published August 10, 1892. The jail held him when the mob took him and killed him. The paper's account of the mob's actions is the only account on record.

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

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