Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Arlington, Georgia

A Black man held in the jail at Arlington, Georgia, was taken from the jail by an armed group of citizens and hanged from a tree in the public square, according to a June 1894 report in the Fisherman & Farmer.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News report