Martin

Martin, a Black man, was held in the jail at Spring Place in Murray County, Georgia, where his father had hired Gen. Green to act as his lawyer. According to an Atlanta dispatch printed in the New York Tribune and the Worcester Daily Spy, a band of the Ku Klux Klan took him from the jail and hanged him on March 12, 1869. The dispatch says the mob debated whether to wait for Gen. Green to arrive before going ahead and hanging him at once.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The New York Tribune, citing an Atlanta dispatch, reports that a Ku Klux Klan band took Martin from the Spring Place jail and hanged him.

Reported by: New York Tribune, citing an Atlanta dispatch (reporters).

Sources (2)

• The Evening Argus, March 16, 1869, page 1 The Evening Argus, March 16, 1869
• Worcester Daily Spy, March 17, 1869, page 2 Worcester Daily Spy, March 17, 1869