Died in custody
Jake Tanopy
According to a Macon, Georgia dispatch printed in the Memphis Daily Appeal in August 1882, Jake Tanopy was being held in custody when a deputy marshal shot him at a camp meeting in Eastman, Georgia. The dispatch said he was fleeing when he was shot, and that he died from the wound. The newspaper gives no account of his life, his family, or what led to his detention from anyone else.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. A Macon, Ga. dispatch in the Memphis Daily Appeal says a deputy marshal shot Jake Tanopy, described as a fleeing prisoner, at a camp meeting in Eastman, Georgia.
Reported by: Macon, Ga. dispatch printed in the Memphis Daily Appeal (reporters).