Billie Anderson
Billie Anderson was held in the Greensboro, Georgia, jail under Sheriff English. According to The Weiser Signal, the sheriff refused a crowd's demands for the keys and a guard of local rifles was posted at the jail, while The Caldwell Tribune reports the sheriff twice refused and the guard was dismissed early that morning. A crowd from another county broke the jail doors with sledgehammers and crowbars, despite the sheriff's and mayor's pleas, and took Billie Anderson about a mile from town. He was hanged from a pine tree on April 15, 1894, and his body was shot many times.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd from another county broke into the Greensboro, Georgia jail, took Billie Anderson about a mile from town and hanged him from a pine tree, despite the sheriff's and mayor's pleas.
Reported by: Greensboro, Georgia jail accounts (sheriff English's refusal to surrender the keys) (reporters).