Died in jail or a lockup
Babe Yarbrough
Babe Yarbrough, a 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 bound for Macon. A dozen automobiles followed and overtook the sheriff, who was forced to hand Yarbrough over to them. The mob hanged him from a bridge in Macon County near Oglethorpe and then shot his body.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.