Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A one-line telegram in the San Antonio Daily Light of May 18, 1892, reported that a mob took a person from the jail in Clarksville, Georgia, where they were being held, and hanged them along with two others. The telegram gives no name, age, or date of death for this person. It does not say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the person over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.