Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Arkansas

A young Black man held in an Arkansas jail was taken from it during the night by a mob, according to a July 1906 report in the Bolivar County Democrat, and was hanged from a telegraph pole near Tillar. The account comes from a historical newspaper and its details have not been independently verified.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News report