Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held at the jail near Hazelhurst, Georgia, was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged, according to a report in The Atchison Blade published May 27, 1893. The report names him only as a Black man and gives no other details about his life. The jail held him when the mob came for him, and the account describes the killing as a lynching carried out after he was taken from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched