George Horn

George Horn was held in the city jail in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. On the night of August 4, 1905, a mob took him and another man from the jail and hanged them from a bridge under an electric light, according to a Mobile Register dispatch printed in the Salt Lake Herald. The Herald account says George begged for his life.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Mobile Register special dispatch says a mob quietly took George from the Hattiesburg city jail and hanged him from a bridge.

Reported by: Mobile Register special dispatch (reporters).

Source

• The Salt Lake Herald, August 5, 1905, page 5 The Salt Lake Herald, August 5, 1905