Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two Black people, neither of whom is named in the report, were taken from the jail at Ringgold, Georgia, on Saturday, December 11, 1886, and hanged. A mob took them from the jail and killed them in the same event. The Daily Kennebec Journal reported the killings on December 13, 1886.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The report says a mob took two Black people from the Ringgold jail on Saturday and hanged them, and does not say whether jail staff resisted or handed them over.
Reported by: news report of the Ringgold jail hanging (reporters).