Died in jail or a lockup
George Robertson
According to a Mobile dispatch citing a special report from Tunica, Mississippi, a mob took George Robertson from a jail in October 1907. The dispatch says the mob, which had also lynched two other men, held him in a barn. It reports that he was shot as he ran toward the woods and that the wound was mortal.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Mobile dispatch citing a special from Tunica, Miss., says a mob took George Robertson from a Mississippi jail and shot him as he fled a barn.
Reported by: Mobile dispatch citing a special from Tunica, Miss. (reporters).