Died in jail or a lockup
Calvin Thomas
Calvin Thomas, a Black man, was held in the jail in Bainbridge, Georgia. According to a dispatch published by The Morning News on December 27, 1893, attending physicians had expected him to die during the day of December 26. That night, unidentified people took him from the jail and hanged him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.