Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail at Arlington, Georgia, died on May 21, 1894, when, according to the Alexandria Gazette, about 75 men broke into the jail in the early morning and took him from it. The paper reports that the men carried him to an oak tree in the public square and hanged him. The article says hundreds of bullets were then fired into his body.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.