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Clark N. Nix

died November 1, 1891 · Mitchell County, Georgia

Clark N. Nix died on November 1, 1891, in Camilla, Georgia, when a mob took him from the guard who had captured him the previous night and lynched him. The Olympia Tribune, reporting the next day, says he had been held under guard when the mob seized him. The Salt Lake Herald's brief dispatch gives his name as Clarke N Nix and reports the same lynching.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

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