Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

U. A. Lennox

jail at Albany, Ga., Dougherty County, Georgia

U. A. Lennox was held at the jail at Albany, Georgia. According to a brief item in the Semi-Weekly Interior Journal published January 12, 1892, Lennox died by suicide rather than face the prospect of being lynched. The item presents this as the newspaper's account of the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. A brief news item reports that he took his own life rather than face the prospect of being lynched.

Reported by: brief news item.

News report