Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was held in a jail near Crossett, Arkansas. On Sunday, September 4, 1904, a mob took him out of the jail, according to a Gazette dispatch from Crossett. The mob hanged him from a tree about three miles from Crossett and then shot his body many times.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Gazette dispatch from Crossett, Arkansas reported that a mob took a Black man from the jail near Crossett, hanged him from a tree about three miles away and shot his body many times.
Reported by: Gazette dispatch from Crossett, Arkansas (reporters).