Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man whose name is not recorded was being taken to jail near Nelson, Georgia, on Thursday, December 21, 1882, when a mob took him from the officers escorting him. The mob lynched him, and The Cheyenne Daily Leader reported the killing in a brief account published December 23, 1882. He was in custody when he was taken, and his death is recorded as a lynching from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched