Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was held in the jail at Augusta, Georgia. According to a New York Herald report, a mob took him from the building and shot him to death. The report was reprinted in the Daily Independent in August 1874.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The New York Herald reported that a mob took a Black man from the Augusta, Georgia jail and shot him to death.
Reported by: New York Herald (reporters).