Win. Beaver
Win. Beaver, a Black man about twenty years old, was in the custody of Sheriff Watson and a deputy on Sunday evening, August 10, 1890, when they were taking him to jail a few miles from Warren, Arkansas, according to The Indianapolis Journal, reporting from Arkansas City. The paper says an armed mob of eight or ten men seized him from the officers, locked the sheriff and deputy in jail, and hanged him from a limb. His body was found hanging on the public square the next morning.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Indianapolis Journal, reporting from Arkansas City, Ark., says an armed mob of eight or ten men seized Win. Beaver from Sheriff Watson and a deputy while they were taking him to jail, locked the officers in the jail, and hanged him from a limb.
Reported by: The Indianapolis Journal (reporters).