Died in custody
Gua Wilson
Gua Wilson, a Black man, was being taken by train to Atlanta for safekeeping on May 13, 1900, while in custody on the train. At Harlem, Georgia, a crowd stopped the train, pulled him off and lynched him. The account reports that a mob took him from the custody of the train and killed him, and it does not describe any effort by those holding him to stop them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.