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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died December 15, 1922 · Conway County, Arkansas

A Black man held at the jail in Morrilton, Arkansas, was taken from the jail by a mob and killed in December 1922, according to a news dispatch published in The Seward Gateway. His name is not given in the dispatch. The dispatch is the only account of his death in the sources used here.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch in The Seward Gateway reports that a mob lynched the man after taking him from the Morrilton, Arkansas jail.

Reported by: The Seward Gateway (reporters).

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