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Died in custody

Name not reported

died March 26, 1904 · Arkansas

Five Black people were being held by guards in De Witt, Arkansas, on March 26, 1904, according to a brief wire report in the Pierre Weekly Free Press. The report says a crowd took them from the guards and shot them to death.

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

Reported by: wire report datelined De Witt, Arkansas (reporters).

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