Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in an Arkansas jail was taken from the jail on the night of Sunday, December 26, 1920, by a mob of about 40 men. The men dragged him through the business streets of the town and hanged him from a telegraph pole near the site of an earlier incident.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 40 men took a Black man from an Arkansas jail on a Sunday night and hanged him from a telegraph pole.
Reported by: Chronicling America newspaper account (reporters).