Died in jail or a lockup
Neal Winship
Neal Winship, a Black man, was held in the jail in Clayton County, Georgia, in July 1879. According to a brief item in The Daily Gazette, a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. The item does not say how the mob got to him or whether jail officers resisted or handed over the keys. A second, shorter item from the Brenham Weekly Banner, published July 18, 1879, describes a Black man hanged from a tree after being taken from the jail, without giving a name.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: The Daily Gazette (reporters).