Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On May 25, 1909, a mob of several hundred unmasked men broke into the jail in Arkansas around midnight, according to a wire report in The Guthrie Daily Leader. They took a man from his cell and hanged him from a telephone pole on one of the city's principal streets. The report says the guards were overpowered, and that there was little excitement and no shots were fired. The man's name is not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of several hundred men took a man from the Arkansas jail around midnight and hanged him from a telephone pole; guards were overpowered.
Reported by: wire report.