Died in jail or a lockup
Doel Posey
Doel Posey worked as a railroad section hand in Dalton, Georgia. He was being held in the city jail in the summer of 1907. Early on the morning of Monday, July 1, a mob of 25 men took him from the jail and hanged him from the Gordon Street viaduct. The press of the time reported his death as a mob killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news report says a mob of 25 men took Doel Posey from the Dalton, Georgia, jail early on a Monday morning in July 1907 and hanged him from the Gordon Street viaduct.
Reported by: news report.