Died in jail or a lockup
Ross Griffith
Ross Griffith, a Black man, did occasional work for an editor in Lexington, Georgia, according to the Fort Worth Daily Gazette. He was held in the jail there. Before dawn on July 10, 1887, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree on the edge of town. The paper reported that a demand was made on the sheriff while a large crowd was in sight.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched