Clarke Edmundson

Clarke Edmundson, a Black man, was held in the jail in Fayette County, Georgia, in October 1875. Early on Sunday, October 17, according to several newspaper accounts, a mob of two or three hundred people took him from the jail and hanged him on a gallows, the same one where his brother had been hanged a week earlier. The Daily Gazette report and others describe the mob but not any response by jail officers. The accounts say his brother was hanged on the same gallows the week before.

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

Reported by: Atlanta dispatch reprinted in the Wilmington Journal (reporters); Atlanta dispatch reprinted in the New Orleans Republican (reporters); Atlanta dispatch, National Republican (reporters).

News reports (6)

• New Orleans Republican, October 19, 1875, page 1 New Orleans Republican, October 19, 1875
• Alexandria Gazette, October 19, 1875, page 2 Alexandria Gazette, October 19, 1875
• The Daily Gazette, October 19, 1875, page 2 The Daily Gazette, October 19, 1875
• Evening Star, October 19, 1875, page 1 Evening Star, October 19, 1875
• National Republican, October 19, 1875, page 1 National Republican, October 19, 1875
• Wilmington Journal, October 22, 1875, page 4 Wilmington Journal, October 22, 1875