Name not reported

Two Black men held under guard in Georgia were taken from their guards by a crowd in February 1891 and killed by hanging and gunfire, according to a brief wire report. The report gives no names, no location, and no account of how the guards gave them up. Their names, ages and the circumstances of their custody are not recorded in this account, so beyond the manner of their deaths little else can be said about them.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Helena Independent, February 23, 1891, page 1 The Helena Independent, February 23, 1891