Died in jail or a lockup
Z. C. Cadle
Z. C. Cadle was being held in the calaboose at Brinkley, Arkansas, in early November 1903. According to the Rice Belt Journal, a mob of ten or fifteen people broke into the calaboose, took him out, shot him four times and hanged him from a telegraph pole. A coroner's jury found that he died from lynching by parties unknown.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's jury found he died at the hands of a mob that broke into the calaboose at Brinkley, Arkansas, took him out, shot him four times and hanged him from a telegraph pole.
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner).