Died in custody
Green
Green was in the custody of officers who were driving him by automobile toward Raleigh, where officials intended to hold him for safekeeping, when the events occurred near Franklin, North Carolina, on the evening of December 27, 1919. According to an Associated Press report carried by The Birmingham Age-Herald, a mob fought with deputies and took Green from them. The report says he broke away once but was recaptured, and that the mob dragged him behind an automobile and hanged him from a tree.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Associated Press report says a mob took Green from officers transporting him toward Raleigh, after a fight with deputies, and hanged him.
Reported by: Associated Press report (reporters).