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