Died in custody

George Linton

died June 1894 · Mississippi

George Linton, a Black man, was in the custody of local officers in Mississippi in June 1894 when, according to The Evening Herald, a mob of about 200 men took him from them and hanged him from a tree in the lower part of the county. The paper's report is dated June 23 from Brookhaven.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The Evening Herald, June 28, 1894, page 2 The Evening Herald, June 28, 1894

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