Died in jail or a lockup
Annie Barkdale
Annie Barkdale, a Black woman, was held in the custody of Sheriff Bennett of Dooly County, who drove her toward a jail to keep her from a pursuing crowd and diverted to the Cordele jail in June 1912. More than 50 men went to an empty house where she had been moved, and the sheriff and his few deputies resisted, but they were outnumbered and the mob took her from them. The Atlanta Georgian reported that she was hanged from a tree and then shot. Her death is recorded as a lynching from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd of more than 50 men took Annie Barkdale from the sheriff and his deputies, who resisted but were outnumbered, then hanged and shot her.
Reported by: news reports.