Died in custody
Name not reported
George Linton was held in the custody of officers at Brook Haven, Mississippi, when a mob of about 300 men took him from them. The Morning News, in a report published June 28, 1894, said the mob hanged him from a tree limb. The paper's account gives no further details about Linton himself.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.