Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man who worked at a sawmill was being held in the jail at Dumas, Arkansas. A mob broke into the jail, took him from it, and marched him about half a mile from town, where they hanged him from a telegraph pole. It is not recorded whether the jailer resisted or gave up the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.