Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man from Campbell was being held at the jail in Newnan, Georgia, when, according to The Weekly Clarion in August 1882, a group of about 70 men took him from it and hanged him. It does not say whether the sheriff or jailer resisted, gave up the keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched