Charles Foray

Charles Foray was one of two men held in the jail at Jeffersonville, Georgia, in January 1897. According to a special dispatch to the Atlanta Journal, reprinted in the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer on January 23, 1897, a mob of masked men broke into the jail at midnight, took him from his cell, and hanged him from a limb. The dispatch says his body was then riddled with bullets.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch to the Atlanta Journal says a mob of masked men broke open the Jeffersonville, Georgia jail at midnight, took Charles Foray out, hanged him from a limb and riddled his body with bullets.

Reported by: A special dispatch to the Atlanta Journal (reporters).

Source

• The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, January 23, 1897, page 1 The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, January 23, 1897