Died in jail or a lockup
Herbert Simmons
Herbert Simmons, a Black man, was being carried to the Zebulon jail in Pike County, Georgia, when a crowd of citizens took him from officers, according to newspaper accounts published in late December 1904 and early January 1905. The crowd strung him up on a tree near Neal, Georgia, and shot his body many times. Reports differ on the location, with some giving Neal and others Zebulon, and the spelling of the jail's name varies across papers.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Herbert Simmons from officers while he was being carried to the Zebulon jail in Pike County, Georgia, strung him up on a tree and riddled his body with bullets.
Reported by: special dispatch to the Atlanta Constitution (reporters).