Died in jail or a lockup
Gus Goodman
Gus Goodman, a Black man, was held in the Bainbridge, Georgia, jail when a mob stormed the building on a Saturday night in late October 1905. According to the Weekly True Democrat, the jailer gave up the keys, and the mob took Mr. Goodman and hanged him from a tree on the bank of the Flint River. The paper reported that the mob then fired repeatedly into his body.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: newspaper account of the 1905 Bainbridge, Georgia lynching (reporters).