Will Turner
Will Turner was an 18-year-old Black man held in the custody of a deputy sheriff in Helena, Phillips County, when he died in November 1921. According to an Associated Press report carried by The Siftings Herald, a deputy was taking him to Marianna for safekeeping when a mob seized him from the deputy. The report says the mob shot him to death and burned his body in the city square in Helena. An official investigation into the killing was under way at the time of the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Will Turner from a deputy sheriff who was moving him to Marianna for safekeeping, then shot him and burned his body in Helena's city square, according to an Associated Press report.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).