One of 3 people whose names were not reported

According to the Shenandoah Herald, one of three men held in the jail at Ozark, Franklin County, Arkansas, was taken out on the night of Tuesday, August 4, 1874, by about one hundred masked men, who hanged him along with the other two. A New Orleans Republican account said officers at the jail did not stop the mob. A Little Rock dispatch carried in the Galveston News described the man as hanged by a mob of masked men.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch from Little Rock reports that a mob of masked men took a man from the Ozark jail and hanged him.

Reported by: special dispatch from Little Rock, Ark., reported in the Galveston News (reporters).

News reports (2)

• New Orleans Republican, August 8, 1874, page 4 New Orleans Republican, August 8, 1874
• The Donaldsonville Chief, August 29, 1874, page 1 The Donaldsonville Chief, August 29, 1874