Died in jail or a lockup
Dan Barber
Dan Barber, a Black man, was held at the Jasper County jail in Georgia when, according to a telephone message received in Atlanta and reported in the Highland Recorder in January 1915, a mob broke in, overpowered the sheriff, and took him and three other members of his family out of the jail. The message said their bodies, riddled with bullets, were found on the outskirts of the town. The sheriff was said to have been overpowered.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A telephone message received in Atlanta says a mob overpowered the sheriff, took Dan Barber from the Jasper County jail and killed him by gunshot.
Reported by: telephone message received in Atlanta (reporters).