Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in a Georgia jail in 1871 was taken from the jail by an armed group, which the Daily Kennebec Journal, citing Republican accounts from Georgia, described as Ku Klux. The paper reported that the group hanged him after taking him from his cell. The account is the only source for these details.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Georgia newspaper account says a Ku Klux group took the man from the jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Daily Kennebec Journal (reporting on Republican accounts from Georgia) (reporters).