Died in jail or a lockup
Harry Bradley
Harry Bradley, a Black man, was held in the Miller County jail at Colquitt, Georgia, in August 1883. According to a telegram from Atlanta, a mob took him from the jail late at night, hanged him from a tree near the building, and shot his body. A Bainbridge correspondent denied that a lynching had taken place. An Albany newspaper said it could not determine which account was true.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob reportedly took Bradley from the Spring Creek jail in Miller County and killed him, with the Bainbridge correspondent first denying the lynching according to an Albany paper.
Reported by: Albany News and Advertiser (reporters).