Died in jail or a lockup
Alf Hainey
Alf Hainey, a Black man, was held in the Fort Gaines, Georgia, jail in July 1884. According to the Daily Evening Bulletin, about twelve masked men obtained the keys from the sheriff's office, went to the jail, and took him out. They shot him about a mile from town, and his body was found in the road near Browns Mill after daylight, with a card on his coat.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Fort Gaines sheriff's office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.