Died in custody

Name not reported

died August 1880 · Spalding County, Georgia

A young man held in the custody of the Spalding County sheriff at Sunnyside, Georgia, died in August 1880. The Wheeling Register reported that a posse overpowered the sheriff and took him from custody. The posse killed him by cutting off his head. His name is not legible in the surviving report.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Wheeling Register, August 20, 1880, page 1 Wheeling Register, August 20, 1880

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