Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A young Black man named Hilliard, 18 years old, was being held in the county jail in Hope, Arkansas, in January 1909. According to the De Queen Bee, a group of young men forced the light plant engineer to cut the power, then broke into the jail while only the jailer was on duty and overpowered him. The men took Hilliard from his cell, hanged him from a telegraph pole in front of the railway station, and fired many shots into his body. The paper reported that the men wore masks and that their identities were never known.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the Hope county jail, overpowered the jailer, took Hilliard out and hanged him from a telegraph pole.
Reported by: news reports.