Died in custody
Jake Tarropy
Jake Tanopy was a prisoner held in the custody of a deputy marshal in Eastman, Georgia, in August 1882. According to a Macon dispatch printed in the Memphis Daily Appeal, the deputy marshal shot him at a colored camp meeting as he was fleeing, and he died. The dispatch says the wounded man then ran the deputy into a house, where another man was shot and killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. A Macon, Ga. news dispatch reports that a deputy marshal shot Jake Tanopy at a camp meeting in Eastman, Georgia.
Reported by: Macon, Ga. news dispatch printed in the Memphis Daily Appeal (reporters).