Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Clarendon, Arkansas, was taken from custody by a mob one night in August 1876 and hanged from a tree, according to a Memphis Daily Appeal report published at the end of that month. The mob killed the man outside the jail, and this short item is the only account of the death that has been located so far.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Memphis Daily Appeal (reporters).