Name not reported

Five Black men were held by guards at DeWitt, Arkansas. On a Thursday night in late March 1904, a crowd took them from the guards and shot them to death. The Abilene Weekly Reflector linked the killings to racial troubles at St. Charles.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Sources (3)

• Abilene Weekly Reflector, March 31, 1904, page 10 Abilene Weekly Reflector, March 31, 1904
• The Monmouth Inquirer, March 31, 1904, page 8 The Monmouth Inquirer, March 31, 1904
• The Monmouth Inquirer, March 31, 1904, page 10 The Monmouth Inquirer, March 31, 1904