Dock Posey
Dock Posey was held in the Whitfield County jail in Dalton, Georgia, when a crowd of about twenty-five men came to the jail in the early morning hours of early July 1907. Newspaper accounts say the men covered the officials with guns and forced several policemen to go with them, while one account says the crowd overpowered the jailer and took his keys. The crowd took him to a railroad viaduct in the center of Dalton and hanged him there, and his body was found at daylight. The accounts also differ on the exact date of the killing, placing it on July 1 or July 6.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. A mob took Dock Posey from the Whitfield County jail in Dalton, Georgia, and hanged him from a railroad viaduct in July 1907.
Reported by: news reports.