Died in jail or a lockup
Arthur Young
Arthur Young, a Black man, was in the custody of officers in Perry, Georgia, who were transferring him to another jail on December 12, 1922. A mob seized him on the highway toward Madison, about seven miles from Perry, and killed him. Sheriff Lipscomb said his officers had been overpowered and the man taken, according to an Associated Press report carried by The Pensacola Journal. The article reported that his body was riddled with bullets and left hanging from a tree.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Sheriff Lipscomb said he was overpowered on the road and the man taken by a mob, which the Associated Press reported.
Reported by: Sheriff Lipscomb's office (the agency that held him); Associated Press (reporters).