Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A second person held in the county jail at Lake Village, Arkansas, was taken from the jail by a mounted group and hanged behind the probate judge's house, according to the Weekly Courier-Journal's account published in January 1872. The paper reports that a guard of men had been placed at the jail but did not prevent the killing. The person's name is not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Weekly Courier-Journal (reporters).