Died in custody
Name not reported
This person was one of nine Black men being taken by Sheriff Riddick and his posse from Cat Island to the Marianna jail in Lee County, Arkansas, according to the Telegraph-Courier of October 8, 1891. The paper reports that an armed band of white men took the group from the officers after a struggle and hanged them from a sycamore tree. The paper links the killings to a cotton-picking strike in the county, a connection that appears only in its own account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The newspaper account says an armed band of white men took the prisoners from Sheriff Riddick's posse after a struggle and hanged them from a sycamore tree.
Reported by: the newspaper report.