Dr. G. W. Durdeu
Dr. G. W. Durdeu was held in the jail at Warrenton, Georgia, when a party of disguised men took him from it in March 1869. According to a dispatch datelined Augusta, Georgia, and printed in the Nashville Union and American, the men took him some distance from town and shot him to death. The dispatch describes the attack as the work of disguised men and gives their identity as unknown. Those are the details the report sets out about his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Augusta, Georgia dispatch published in the Nashville Union and American says a party of disguised men took him from the Warrenton jail and shot him some distance from town.
Reported by: Augusta, Ga. dispatch published in the Nashville Union And American (reporters).