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Died in jail or a lockup

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died March 25, 1910 · Arkansas

A Black man, not named in the Ogden Standard's report, was held in an Arkansas county jail in March 1910. According to the newspaper, a mob of about forty men gathered at the jail late on March 25, overpowered the jailer and deputies, and hanged him. The mob then dispersed.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about forty men overpowered the jailer and deputies at the county jail and hanged a man held there, according to The Ogden Standard.

Reported by: The Ogden Standard (reporters).

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