Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Nine Black men held in the custody of Sheriff Derrick were being taken toward the jail at Marianna, Arkansas, in October 1891, when an armed posse overtook the party late at night. The posse took the men from the sheriff's party after a sharp struggle and hanged them. The men are remembered here only by the account of their deaths, and the nine who died were held by the county when a mob seized them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An armed posse overtook the sheriff's party taking nine prisoners toward the Marianna jail, took them after a struggle, and hanged them.
Reported by: the newspaper dispatch.