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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died June 11, 1882 · Butlerville, Arkansas

On Sunday night, June 11, 1882, a mob took three people from the jail at Butlerville, Arkansas, and hanged them, according to a Connecticut Western News report published June 14, 1882. One of the three was a Black person, but the report gives no names for any of them.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report