Died in jail or a lockup
William Patrick
William Patrick, a Black man, was held in the local jail in Forest Park, Arkansas. On December 2, 1915, about one hundred masked men took him out of the jail and lynched him, according to the Waxahachie Daily Light. The sheriff and jailers held him in their custody when the mob came for him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about one hundred masked men took William Patrick from the Forest Park, Arkansas, jail and lynched him.
Reported by: news reports.