Bertha Lowman Cheatham
Bertha Lowman Cheatham was 27 and pregnant when she was shot during the 1925 attack on her family, and she lost her baby because of her wounds. In October 1926 she was held in the Aiken County jail with other members of her family, when a mob led by Sheriff Nollie Robinson took them from the jail in the early morning hours. Bertha did not die right away. According to NAACP investigator Walter White's account, Robinson fired a final shot into her head as she tried to crawl away. No one was ever prosecuted for her death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Witnesses who later gave sworn statements and NAACP investigator Walter White say a mob took her from the Monroe County jail and shot her, with a final shot to the head fired by Sheriff Nollie Robinson as she tried to crawl away.
Reported by: witnesses who later gave sworn statements; NAACP investigator Walter White (advocates).