Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held at the Sparta jail for several weeks was taken from it by a crowd of about three hundred people on a Tuesday night in September 1855 and hanged, according to the Sparta Times as reprinted in The Athens Post. The paper said the crowd acted after learning that his trial had been continued. The Sparta Times described the killing as carried out in a cool and deliberate manner. The paper also faulted the judge for granting the continuance.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Sparta Times reported that a crowd of about three hundred took the man from the Sparta jail and hanged him after learning his trial had been continued.
Reported by: Sparta Times, as reprinted by The Athens Post (reporters).