Sam Hose

Sam Hose, a Black man, was held in the jail in Newnan, Georgia, in April 1899. According to a newspaper report, a crowd of about two thousand people took him from the jail on a Sunday afternoon and burned him at the stake. The Hopkinsville Kentuckian reported that his ears and fingers were cut off before he died and his body was then cut apart, and the Crittenden Press reported that his body was further mutilated.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Sam Hose from the Newnan jail and burned him at the stake, according to the Newnan account and a Newman, Ga. dispatch in the Crittenden Press.

Reported by: Newnan jail (the agency that held him); Newman, Ga. dispatch in the Crittenden Press (reporters).

News reports (2)

• Crittenden Press, April 27, 1899, page 2 Crittenden Press, April 27, 1899
• Hopkinsville Kentuckian, April 28, 1899, page 2 Hopkinsville Kentuckian, April 28, 1899