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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Arkansas County, Arkansas

A Black man held in the jail at DeWitt, Arkansas, was taken from it by a mob and shot to death, according to a January 1892 column in The Appeal. He was one of three men the column says the mob took from the jail and shot to death.

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

Reported by: The Appeal (reporters).

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