Died in custody
Name not reported
An unnamed man was one of three men reportedly taken from officers by vigilantes near Bumeyville, in the Chickasaw nation, in November 1886, according to a Fort Smith, Arkansas, telegram printed in The Iowa Plain Dealer. The telegram said the group was hanged, along with four named men. It gives no name, age or other detail about him, and does not say which officers held him or how the vigilantes got him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Fort Smith, Ark. telegram cited as good authority says vigilantes took the men from officers and hanged them.
Reported by: Fort Smith, Ark. telegram citing good authority (reporters).