Died in jail or a lockup
Clark Edmondson
Clark Edmondson was held in a jail in Georgia. According to an Atlanta dispatch reprinted in the New Orleans Republican in October 1875, a crowd of about 200 to 300 people took him from the jail early on a Sunday morning and hanged him on a gallows.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Atlanta dispatch reprinted in the New Orleans Republican (reporters).