Died in jail or a lockup
Dan Ahren
Dan Ahren, a Black man, was being held in the jail at Greensboro, Georgia. On the morning of Friday, April 6, 1894, a crowd that had come from another county demanded the keys from the jailer and took the jail, according to The Marietta Journal. The crowd hanged him and shot his body, the paper reported.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.