Died in jail or a lockup
Albert Aiken
Albert Aiken was held at the jail at Lincolnton, Lincoln County, Georgia. Early on May 24, 1909, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree at Dry Fork creek about three miles from town, according to an Augusta, Georgia, dispatch printed in The Robesonian. The dispatch says his body was riddled with bullets and that a placard signed 'Regulators' was pinned to it, warning Black residents of the county.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Augusta, Ga., Dispatch (reporters).