Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Augusta, Arkansas, was one of three men a mob took from that jail on the Wednesday night before February 6, 1881, according to a news dispatch printed in the Arizona Weekly Citizen. The mob hanged the three men and threw their bodies into the river. The date of death given is February 2, 1881.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch reports that a mob took three men from the Augusta, Arkansas jail, hanged them and threw their bodies into the river.
Reported by: news dispatch.