Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man whose name was not reported was one of three men held in the custody of officers in a town in Arkansas in June 1882. According to a special dispatch to the Gazette dated June 5, a mob took the three men from the officers on Sunday night, June 4, and hanged all three from a tree. The dispatch is the only account given of the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch to the Gazette reports that a mob took three men from the officers holding them and hanged all three from a tree.
Reported by: special dispatch to the Gazette (reporters).