Died in jail or a lockup
Ed Merriweather
Ed Merriweather was held in the jail at Monticello, Georgia, in November 1898. According to newspaper dispatches, a large crowd took him from the jail on November 22, after overpowering the sheriff and taking the jail keys. The crowd carried him a short distance and shot him, with several hundred pistol shots fired. A later El Paso paper reported that he was hanged, but the Georgia dispatches describe him being shot.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A large group of citizens took Ed Merriweather from the Monticello, Georgia jail, carried him a short distance and shot him to death, and the mob overpowered the sheriff and took the jail keys to reach him.
Reported by: The Leader (Macon dispatch) (reporters).