Samuel Lewis
Samuel Lewis, a Black man, was held in a jail that the newspaper accounts place either in Atlanta, Georgia, or at Amberson's Station, Alabama. On the night of Monday, April 9, 1883, a mob of about seventy-five people, described as white and Black men, took him from the jail and hanged him. The reports differ on the location of the killing and on how the mob came to take him. The Atlanta dispatch published in the Evening Star states that Lewis had confessed to a February killing, an accusation that is not repeated here.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: The Weekly Democratic Statesman, citing Atlanta and Montgomery dispatches (reporters); The Daily Dispatch, citing an Atlanta dispatch (reporters); Atlanta, Ga., dispatch published in the Evening Star (reporters); Daily Los Angeles Herald report of Atlanta dispatch (reporters); Watertown Republican news report (reporters); The Milan Exchange (reporters).
Sources (16)
- 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 Salt Lake Herald, 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
- The Milan Exchange, April 14, 1883, page 2
- The Democratic Advocate, April 14, 1883, page 2
- Staunton Spectator, April 17, 1883, page 2
- Watertown Republican, April 18, 1883, page 2