Deaths in CustodyWork in progressIn progress
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Arkansas County, Arkansas

According to a January 1892 column in The Appeal, a mob took one of three men from the jail at DeWitt, Arkansas, and shot him to death. He had been held at that jail when the mob came for the men in its custody. The mob took three men from the jail in all, and the column reports the shooting of one of them.

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

Reported by: The Appeal (reporters).

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