Died in custody
Name not reported
Two Black men were held by officers at Dalton, Georgia, when a mob took them on the night of October 30, 1890, and lynched them. One account places the killings in Barlow County. Newspapers in Los Angeles and Sacramento reported the lynchings on November 1, 1890.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report says a mob took two men from officers and lynched them, with one account placing it in Barlow County and the other at Dalton, Georgia.
Reported by: newspaper report (1890) (reporters).