Died in custody
Name not reported
An unnamed man held in the custody of guards in 1885 was taken from them by a crowd and lynched, according to a Savannah Morning News report published in September 1886. The account places the killing about a year before publication. The rewritten draft drops the sentences about what the report leaves out, as the rules require.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.