Died in custody
Wesley Lewis
Wesley Lewis was being taken by a posse to Brunswick, Georgia, after a court proceeding that morning at Sterling. On Saturday night, February 21, 1891, a mob surrounded the posse in the woods and hanged him along with Henry Jackson. The Daily State Chronicle reported that the bodies were cut down the next day in front of about 1,000 people.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob surrounded the posse taking Wesley Lewis to Brunswick, Georgia, and hanged him in the woods.
Reported by: news reports.