Thomas K. Brantly

Thomas K. Brantly was held in the jail at Bainbridge, Georgia, in the summer of 1885. Newspaper dispatches of the time reported that a mob took him from the jail, hanged him to a tree and riddled his body with bullets. One paper described him as a man who had married the widow of a prominent physician. The killing was reported on the Alabama side of the river, and no official account of it appears in these reports.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took him from the Bainbridge, Georgia jail, hanged him and riddled his body with bullets, according to a Bainbridge dispatch reported in the Atlanta Constitution and The Clarion.

Reported by: Atlanta Constitution, dispatch from Bainbridge (reporters); The Clarion, reprinting a Bainbridge, Georgia dispatch (reporters).

News reports (8)

• Memphis Daily Appeal, July 30, 1885, page 1 Memphis Daily Appeal, July 30, 1885
• Alexandria Gazette, July 30, 1885, page 2 Alexandria Gazette, July 30, 1885
• The Clarion, August 5, 1885, page 2 The Clarion, August 5, 1885
• The Marietta Journal, August 6, 1885, page 2 The Marietta Journal, August 6, 1885
• The Magnolia Gazette, August 7, 1885, page 1 The Magnolia Gazette, August 7, 1885
• Huntsville Gazette, August 8, 1885, page 1 Huntsville Gazette, August 8, 1885
• The Grenada Sentinel, August 8, 1885, page 2 The Grenada Sentinel, August 8, 1885
• The Panola Weekly Star, August 8, 1885, page 1 The Panola Weekly Star, August 8, 1885