Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An unnamed Black man was held at a jail in Little Rock, Arkansas, when a mob took him out and hanged him at Clarksville on November 6, 1878, according to a River Falls Journal news summary published November 14, 1878. The mob's killing of him is the only account given, and it is the basis for the record.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A River Falls Journal news summary reports that a mob hanged a man taken from a jail in Little Rock, Arkansas, at Clarksville.
Reported by: River Falls Journal (reporters).