Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Lee County jail in Mariana, Arkansas, was taken out and killed by a crowd in January 1881, according to a short item in the Savannah Morning News. A second report in The Weekly Clarion, published on January 20, 1881, says a group of citizens took him from the jail and shot him to death. Neither account gives his name, age, or anything about his life. Neither says whether jail staff resisted the crowd, gave up the keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Savannah Morning News (reporters); The Weekly Clarion (reporters).