Charles Powell
Charles Powell, a Black man, was being held in the jail at Macon, Georgia, when a mob took him from the officers guarding him in the early hours of Sunday, February 4, 1912. The officers had moved him secretly out of the jail through a back door and were waiting for a train to Atlanta when the mob found them. The mob tied him to a telegraph pole and fired hundreds of bullets into his body. A coroner's inquest blamed parties unknown for his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Charles Powell from officers near Macon, Georgia, tied him to a telegraph pole and shot him hundreds of times, according to the coroner's inquest, which blamed parties unknown.
Reported by: coroner's inquest (medical examiner or coroner); news reports.