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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Arkansas County, Arkansas

A man held in the jail at DeWitt, Arkansas, was one of three men a mob took from the jail and shot to death, according to a January 1892 column in The Appeal. He was in the jail's custody when the mob seized him, and he was killed by gunfire. His name is not recorded in the account.

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

Reported by: The Appeal (reporters).

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