Died in jail or a lockup
A. Brown
died August 9, 1882 · Newnan jail, Coweta County, Georgia
A Black man named A. Brown was held at the jail in Newnan, Georgia, for safekeeping. According to August 1882 newspaper accounts, a party of about seventy-five men took him from the jail at night and hanged him, and one report places the killing on August 9, 1882.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody
News reports (4)
- Savannah Morning News, August 11, 1882, page 1 Savannah Morning News, August 11, 1882
- The Dallas Daily Herald, August 11, 1882, page 4 The Dallas Daily Herald, August 11, 1882
- The Daily Dispatch, August 11, 1882, page 3 The Daily Dispatch, August 11, 1882
- The Marietta Journal, August 17, 1882, page 2 The Marietta Journal, August 17, 1882