Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man held by officers near Valdosta, Georgia, was taken from them by a mob and lynched on October 30, 1890, according to a Macon dispatch printed in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union on November 1 of that year. The dispatch does not give his name. He was killed by a mob that took him from the officers who held him, and the account says nothing about whether the officers resisted or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Macon dispatch printed in the paper (reporters).