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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Fayette County, Georgia

A man held in the jail at Fayetteville, Georgia, was taken from it by a party of 75 men and hanged, according to a report in the Rocky Mountain Husbandman published in August 1882. The paper does not give his name or age.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

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