Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
One of three people held in the county jail at Lake Village, Arkansas, was taken from the jail by a mounted group in 1872, according to a Weekly Courier-Journal report. The group demanded the keys and hanged the person behind the house of the probate judge. The paper reported that the bodies were mistreated afterward. The person's name is not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mounted group demanded the keys to the Lake Village, Arkansas, county jail, took one of three people held there and hanged them behind the probate judge's house.
Reported by: Weekly Courier-Journal (reporters).