Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a Columbus, Georgia dispatch printed in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union, a Black man held in a jail was taken from his cell by about fifty men on Saturday night, February 2, 1884. The mob hanged him from a tree. The dispatch reports that another prisoner held in the same cell was allowed to escape.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Columbus, Georgia dispatch in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union says about fifty men took a prisoner from his cell and hanged him to a tree.
Reported by: Columbus, Georgia dispatch in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union (reporters).