Babe Yarborough
Babe Yarborough, a Black railroad worker, was held in the Americus county jail in Georgia in October 1912. A crowd gathered outside the jail, and Sheriff Fuller moved him out a rear door into an automobile headed for Macon. A dozen automobiles followed and overtook the sheriff, forcing him to give up the prisoner. The crowd then hanged Babe from a bridge near Oglethorpe and shot his body, according to the Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal and The Caucasian.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd took Babe Yarborough from the Americus jail after Sheriff Fuller moved him out a rear door toward Macon, then hanged him from a bridge near Oglethorpe and shot his body.
Reported by: Sheriff Fuller of Americus (the agency that held him); news reports.