Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name the report does not give, was taken from the jail in Crossett, Arkansas, on Sunday, September 4, 1904, and lynched about three miles from the town. According to an Arkansas Gazette dispatch from Crossett published two days later, a mob hanged him from a tree and then riddled his body with bullets. The mob took him from the jail, where he was being held, and killed him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Arkansas Gazette dispatch from Crossett reports that a mob took him from the jail and lynched him.
Reported by: Arkansas Gazette special dispatch from Crossett (reporters).