Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

jail at Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia

A Black man held in the jail at Dublin, Georgia, was taken from custody by a mob in June 1894, the Fisherman & Farmer reported. The mob bound and gagged the jailer before taking the man out. They tied him to a tree and shot him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob bound and gagged the jailer, took a man from the jail at Dublin, Georgia, tied him to a tree and shot him, according to the Fisherman & Farmer.

Reported by: Fisherman & Farmer (reporters).

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