Calvin Thomas
Calvin Thomas, a Black man, was held in the jail at Bainbridge, Georgia, in late December 1893. The Morning News reported that unknown people took him from the jail on the night of December 26 and hanged him, and other papers in the following days gave the same account. Accounts differ on the date, with some placing the killing in December 1893 and others in early January 1894. A later Audubon County Republican item said the mob took him from the jail and hanged him, and it described an accusation against him that is not repeated here.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Calvin Thomas from the Bainbridge, Georgia jail and hanged him; the accounts do not say whether jail officers resisted or handed him over.
Reported by: Bainbridge, Georgia news dispatches and newspaper items (reporters).
Sources (8)
- The Morning News, December 27, 1893, page 1
- Waterbury Evening Democrat, December 27, 1893, page 1
- Evening Journal, December 27, 1893, page 1
- Audubon County Republican, January 4, 1894, page 1
- Griggs Courier, January 5, 1894, page 2
- The Pioneer Express, January 5, 1894, page 1
- The L'Anse Sentinel, January 6, 1894, page 2
- Perrysburg Journal, January 6, 1894, page 2