Aberdeen Johnson, alias Jack Walter
Aberdeen Johnson, a Black man, was held in the Bullock County jail in Union Springs on April 2, 1911. According to the Birmingham Age-Herald, a mob of about 35 men from the Goshen area came to the jail that afternoon. The paper reports that the mob handcuffed the sheriff and searched him for the keys, then forced the jail doors open with tools from a local blacksmith. The mob took Aberdeen Johnson from the jail, drove him out of town and killed him at a tree. A judge's appeal to the crowd to let the law take its course failed, and the sheriff was left tied in the jail after the mob left.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 35 men took Aberdeen Johnson from the Bullock County jail, strung him to a tree and shot him, after handcuffing the sheriff and forcing the jail doors open.
Reported by: news reports.