Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three men were held in the jail at Augusta, Arkansas. On the night of Wednesday, February 2, 1881, a mob took the three men from the jail, hanged them and threw their bodies into the river, according to a news dispatch published in the Arizona Weekly Citizen on February 6, 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.