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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died September 1904 · Arkansas

A Black person held in a jail in Arkansas was taken from custody by a mob and killed about three miles from Crossett, according to The Beatrice Daily Express, which reported it on September 6, 1904. The death is dated to September 1904. No name, age, or sex is given for this person. The jail that held them, and the mob that took them, are the only parts of the account the record holds.

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

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