Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Atlanta, Georgia jail was taken from the jail by a mob and killed, according to a one-paragraph item in the Los Angeles Daily Herald published October 20, 1875. The item places the killing on October 19, 1875, the day before it was printed. His name is garbled in the printed text and cannot be read reliably.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took a Black man from the Atlanta, Georgia jail and killed him, according to a one-paragraph Los Angeles Daily Herald item.
Reported by: Los Angeles Daily Herald (reporters).