George McKinney

George McKinney was one of three Black men held in the Newton jail in Baker County, Georgia. On the night of June 25, 1903, according to press reports, a mob told the guard they had another prisoner to lodge, then overpowered the jailer when he came to the door with his keys and took the three men out. The mob hanged them from a tree about a mile from town and shot them many times. Some accounts say the jailer was forced at gunpoint to open the cell door.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. According to press accounts, a mob overpowered the Newton jailer at the cell door, took George McKinney from the jail and hanged him from a tree about a mile from town, then shot him many times.

Reported by: Americus Times-Recorder (reporters); Keowee Courier (reporters); Associated Press (reporters); Albany, Ga. news dispatch (reporters); The Logan Republican (reporters); Atlanta press reports (reporters).

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• Santa Fe New Mexican, June 26, 1903, page 1 Santa Fe New Mexican, June 26, 1903
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• New-York Tribune, June 27, 1903, page 2 New-York Tribune, June 27, 1903
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