Died in jail or a lockup

Dewey

died January 20, 1916 · Worth County Jail, Worth County, Georgia

Dewey, a Black man and one of Felix Lake's sons, was held at the county jail at Sylvester, Georgia. On January 20, 1916, a mob took him and four other Black men from the jail and hanged him from a tree by the roadside near Starkville.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

News report

The Bridgeport Evening Farmer, January 21, 1916, page 1 The Bridgeport Evening Farmer, January 21, 1916

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