Balaam Hancock
Balaam Hancock, a Black man, was taken from the jail at Gibson in Glasscock County, Georgia, by a mob on the night of November 21, 1895, according to a dispatch from Warrenton that relayed what people arriving from Gibson reported. The sheriff had brought him to the jail, and the mob broke it open and lynched him near the place where the alleged incident was said to have occurred. The accounts are secondhand, and the spelling of his name varies across the papers.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Morning News dispatch from Warrenton, Ga., citing people coming in from Gibson, says a mob broke open the jail and lynched him after the sheriff had taken him there.
Reported by: Morning News special dispatch from Warrenton, Ga., citing people coming in from Gibson (reporters).