George White
George White, a Black man, was held in the Newcastle County workhouse near Wilmington, Delaware, in June 1903. According to a newspaper report, a mob of several hundred people broke into the workhouse early on June 23, and after the crowd threatened to break through the steel doors, the chief of police and the warden told the mob's leaders which cell he was in. The mob took him from his cell and burned him at a stake. Another dispatch gives the date as June 22 and says his body was also shot.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took George White from the Newcastle County workhouse in Wilmington, Delaware, and burned him at the stake, according to newspaper accounts; the chief of police and warden reportedly told the mob's leaders which cell he was in.
Reported by: Wilmington newspaper dispatch (reporters).