Name not reported

Five Black people were being held by guards in De Witt, Arkansas, on March 26, 1904. According to a wire report published on March 31, 1904, in the Pierre Weekly Free Press, a crowd took them from the guards and shot them to death. The report is the only account of the killings in this record.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief wire report says a crowd took five people from the guards holding them and shot them to death.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• Pierre Weekly Free Press, March 31, 1904, page 2 Pierre Weekly Free Press, March 31, 1904