A. L. McGamy
A. L. McCamy, a 21-year-old Black man, was held in the Whitfield County jail near Dalton, Georgia, in early September 1936. According to Sheriff J. T. Bryan, a crowd of about 150 men stormed the jail, and Jailer John Pitt handed over his keys at pistol point. The mob took McCamy from his cell and hanged him, and the sheriff found his body on a roadside about four hours later, beneath a tree. Accounts differ on whether the death occurred on September 6 or September 7.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Sheriff J. T. Bryan said a mob of about 150 men stormed the Whitfield County jail, forced the jailer to surrender his keys at pistol point, and seized the prisoner, who was hanged from a tree.
Reported by: Sheriff J. T. Bryan (the agency that held him); Whitfield County jailer John Pitt (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.