Died in jail or a lockup
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
According to The Osceola Times, a mob of about seventy-five men came to the jail at Hampton, Arkansas, on July 13, 1895, where two Black men were being held. The sheriff, outnumbered, handed over the keys, and the mob took the two men from the jail. The men were carried to a nearby forest and hanged from trees. Their names were not recorded in the newspaper's account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.