Harry Shelton

Harry Shelton was held in the Scooba jail in Scooba, Mississippi, when a mob took him from the jail on the night of July 18, 1924. According to The Birmingham Age-Herald, about thirty-five men were involved, and they carried him about four miles toward DeKalb. The Americus Times-Recorder and a Meridian dispatch in The Cordele Dispatch report that he was hanged from a tree limb and his body was shot many times.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Meridian dispatch (reporters).

News reports (3)

• Americus Times-Recorder, July 19, 1924, page 1 Americus Times-Recorder, July 19, 1924
• The Cordele Dispatch And Daily Sentinel, July 20, 1924, page 1 The Cordele Dispatch And Daily Sentinel, July 20, 1924
• The Birmingham Age-Herald, July 20, 1924, page 28 The Birmingham Age-Herald, July 20, 1924