Deaths in Custody
Died in custody

Name not reported

Perry County, Arkansas

Three men from McArthur, uncles of a man held at the Perryville jail, were in the custody of Sheriff Oliver, who was taking them overland toward Little Rock. The Fisherman & Farmer reports that a mob took all three men from the sheriff and lynched them.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report