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Died in jail or a lockup

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died September 5, 1904 · Arkansas

A Black man, not named in the report, was held in a jail near Crossett, Arkansas. On the night before the September 6, 1904 Rock Island Argus report, a mob took him from the jail, hanged him near the town and riddled his body with bullets.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took a man from a jail near Crossett, Arkansas, hanged him and riddled his body with bullets.

Reported by: news reports.

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