Daniel Barber
Daniel Barber was a father, and the Birmingham Age-Herald reported that two of his married daughters and a son died with him. He was held in the county jail at Monticello, Georgia, in January 1915, where a mob of about 150 masked men broke in, took him and three family members, hanged them from a pine tree and shot their bodies. The Age-Herald said the sheriff was overpowered and the cell keys were taken from him, while the Pensacola Journal put the mob at about 200 and said the attack followed a struggle with police at the family's home. The accounts differ on the size of the mob and the events leading to the attack.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of masked men took Daniel Barber from the Monticello, Georgia jail and hanged him from a pine tree, then shot his body, according to the Birmingham Age-Herald and the Associated Press.
Reported by: Birmingham Age-Herald (reporters); Associated Press (reporters).