Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died May 22, 1893 · Haselhurst, Georgia

A man whose name is illegible in the surviving 1893 newspaper text was held in the jail near Haselhurst, Georgia. According to The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, published May 25, 1893, a mob took him from the jail on May 22 and hanged him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Source

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 25, 1893, page 3 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 25, 1893

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