Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Several Black people died in Georgia in 1889 during a violent clash that the Evening Star called a race conflict. According to the paper, some of them were held in a jail, and a mob took them from it and killed them. Their names are not given in the account. A coroner's jury found that the dead met their deaths at the hands of parties unknown.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's jury found that the dead met their deaths at the hands of parties unknown, after a mob took them from a jail.
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner).