Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in an Arkansas jail in January 1893, named Scruggs in the newspaper account, was taken from the jail by a mob on the night of January 10, 1893, and was hanged and shot, according to a report published in The State Rights Democrat on January 20. The article names him as one of two men held there at the time, though the first name is garbled in the scanned text. It does not say whether jail staff resisted the mob or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched