Died in custody
George Johnson
George Johnson, a Black man, was held in the custody of the sheriff in Tennessee when a mob that had formed for that purpose took him from the sheriff on the night of August 28, 1908, around 9 p.m., according to a short press item from Nashville. The mob lynched him. The item does not say whether the sheriff resisted, gave up the keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.