George Guildes

George Guildes was a Black man held in a jail in Massachusetts. According to an 1883 newspaper account, a crowd of about 150 men gathered at the jail and demanded that the sheriff hand him over. The sheriff refused, the account says, and in the confusion that followed the crowd shot Guildes repeatedly and killed him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper account reprinted in the Idaho Semi-Weekly World says a crowd of about 150 men demanded that the sheriff hand over the prisoners, he refused, and Guildes was riddled with bullets during the confusion as he tried to escape.

Reported by: newspaper account reprinted in the Idaho Semi-Weekly World (reporters).

Source

• Idaho Semi-Weekly World, September 11, 1883, page 2 Idaho Semi-Weekly World, September 11, 1883