Charles Forsythe

Charles Forsythe, a Black man, was held in the jail at Jeffersonville, Georgia, in January 1897. The Hutchinson Gazette and the Globe-Republican reported that a masked mob broke the jail open around midnight, took him and another man out, and hanged him from a limb, and that his body was then shot repeatedly.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Age-Herald (reporters).

Sources (3)

• Hutchinson Gazette, January 28, 1897, page 6 Hutchinson Gazette, January 28, 1897
• The Globe-Republican, January 28, 1897, page 6 The Globe-Republican, January 28, 1897
• The Age-Herald, December 16, 1897, page 1 The Age-Herald, December 16, 1897