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Euhi

died January 14, 1915 · Jasper County Jail, Jasper County, Georgia

Euhi was one of two daughters of Dan Barber. On January 14, 1915, a mob of about a hundred men took her from the Jasper County jail at Monticello, Georgia, and lynched her, according to a telephone message received in Atlanta. Sheriff James Ezelle said he was overpowered by the crowd. Her body was found riddled with bullets on the outskirts of town.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A telephone message received in Atlanta says a mob of about a hundred men took Euhi from the Jasper County jail and lynched her; Sheriff James Ezelle said he was overpowered.

Reported by: Atlanta dispatch citing a telephone message (reporters); Sheriff James Ezelle (the agency that held her).

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