Cupid Redding
A mob took Cupid Redding, a Black man, from the jail at Leesburg, in Lee County, Georgia, late on February 11, 1899, according to a telephone message reported from Atlanta. The message said the mob arrived organized, demanded the keys, and got them after a short parley with the sheriff, then entered the jail and took Redding and two other men toward the woods. The sheriff is said to have handed over the keys. The message reported that Redding was killed, and the Governor ordered militia sent to Leesburg because another lynching was feared.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A telephone message reported from Atlanta says a mob took Cupid Redding from the Leesburg jail in Lee County, Georgia, and that the sheriff handed over the keys after a short parley.
Reported by: telephone message reported from Atlanta (reporters).