Charles Hale
Charles Hale was held in the jail at Lawrenceville, Georgia, in April 1911. Several newspaper accounts published the next day say a mob of about 200 masked men broke into the jail shortly after midnight, took the sheriff's keys and removed Hale from his cell. The sheriff, E. S. Garner, was reported to have been struck on the head and left unconscious. The mob hanged Hale from a tree in the town's business district and shot his body many times. The reports differ on the exact time and on the sheriff's injuries.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 200 masked men broke into the Lawrenceville, Georgia jail, attacked the sheriff, took his keys and removed Charles Hale, then hanged him from a tree and shot his body, according to Sheriff E. S. Garner as reported in the news account.
Reported by: Sheriff E. S. Garner (the agency that held him); news reports.
News reports (7)
- The Birmingham Age-Herald, April 8, 1911, page 9
- The Montgomery Advertiser, April 8, 1911, page 1
- The Hattiesburg News, April 8, 1911, page 8
- El Paso Herald, April 8, 1911, page 9
- The Pensacola Journal, April 8, 1911, page 1
- The Richmond Virginian, April 8, 1911, page 1
- Americus Times-Recorder, April 9, 1911, page 1