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Died in jail or a lockup

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died September 7, 1904 · Arkansas

On September 7, 1904, a mob took a Black person from the jail where they were held and lynched them about three miles from Crossett, Arkansas, according to a wire report published the next day. The report records the death as a lynching carried out by a mob that came for them at the jail. The mob killed them outside the town, and the killing was carried out by those who took them from custody.

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

Reported by: news reports.

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