Died in custody
Name not reported
On May 23, 1893, officers were escorting an unnamed Black man toward Douglas, Georgia, after taking him into custody together with Ephraim Mushier. A mob overpowered the officers, took the man from them and hanged him from the same tree where Mushier was hanged. The Morning Call reported the killing as a lynching carried out by a mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.