Died in jail or a lockup
Meriwether
A man named Meriwether, whom a 1898 newspaper item described as a Black man, was held in the jail at Monticello, Georgia. According to the item, which was datelined Macon, a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. The date of the killing is not given in the item.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.