Name not reported

A man held at the Sebastian County jail in Arkansas was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged without trial, according to a Little Rock dispatch printed in the Jasper Weekly Courier in August 1874. The report says he had escaped from the jail, was recaptured, and was then seized and killed. No name is given for him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Little Rock dispatch reports that a mob took a man recaptured after escaping the Sebastian County jail and hanged him without trial.

Reported by: Little Rock dispatch (reporters).

Source

• The Jasper Weekly Courier, August 21, 1874, page 2 The Jasper Weekly Courier, August 21, 1874