Arthur Young

Arthur Young was held in the jail at Warrenton, Georgia, when a mob broke in, took him from it, and lynched him. According to an Atlanta dispatch printed in the Greenville News, the sheriff of Warrenton later sold his body to a medical college in Atlanta. A police officer in Greenville, South Carolina, recognized the body from scars and wounds and had it taken to Greenville for identification. Accounts give different dates for the killing, one in late February 1911 and another March 3, 1911.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Greenville News, citing an Atlanta dispatch (reporters).

Sources (4)

• Yorkville Enquirer, February 28, 1911, page 3 Yorkville Enquirer, February 28, 1911
• The Times And Democrat, March 2, 1911, page 1 The Times And Democrat, March 2, 1911
• The Manning Times, March 8, 1911, page 8 The Manning Times, March 8, 1911
• Fort Mill Times, March 9, 1911, page 7 Fort Mill Times, March 9, 1911