Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail at Hampton, Arkansas, in July 1895 was taken from that jail by a group of about seventy-five citizens. The group hanged him near the place where another man, Allen Martin, had been shot. The Weekly Courier-Journal reported that none of the group wore masks.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.