Samuel Lewis
Samuel Lewis, a Black man, was held in a jail when, according to 1883 newspaper dispatches, a mob took him out and hanged him on the night of Monday, April 9. The accounts place the jail at Amberson's Station, Alabama, though some dispatches gave Atlanta or Cherokee County, Georgia. One report says the mob included both white and Black men. The Evening Star reported that Lewis had confessed to a February killing, an account that was not tested in court.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Multiple 1883 newspaper dispatches report that a mob took Samuel Lewis from a jail and hanged him, with accounts differing on the location (Atlanta, Georgia, or Amberson's Station, Alabama) and on the mob's makeup.
Reported by: The Weekly Democratic Statesman, citing Atlanta and Montgomery dispatches (reporters); The Daily Dispatch, citing an Atlanta dispatch (reporters); Daily Los Angeles Herald report of Atlanta dispatch (reporters); Atlanta, Ga., dispatch published in the Evening Star (reporters).
News reports (12)
- Evening Star, April 10, 1883, page 3
- Daily Evening Bulletin, April 11, 1883, page 3
- The Daily Dispatch, April 11, 1883, page 3
- Sacramento Daily Record-Union, April 11, 1883, page 2
- Daily Los Angeles Herald, April 11, 1883, page 2
- Morning Journal And Courier, April 11, 1883, page 3
- Daily Republican, April 11, 1883, page 1
- The Weekly Democratic Statesman, April 12, 1883, page 5
- Daily Evening Bulletin, April 12, 1883, page 2
- Daily Evening Bulletin, April 12, 1883, page 1
- Huntsville Gazette, April 14, 1883, page 1
- Staunton Spectator, April 17, 1883, page 2