Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man named Jordan, whose first name is garbled in the surviving newspaper text, was being brought to the jail at Camden, Arkansas, in 1892. According to the Emmons County Record, a group of masked men took him from the officers escorting him and shot him to death. The account gives no details about the men and reports no arrests. Beyond the surname, nothing more about who he was is recorded in this source.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched