James Goosby

James Goosby, a Black man, was held in the jail at Valdosta, Georgia, according to an Atlanta dispatch printed in The Madison Daily Leader on September 21, 1894. The dispatch reports that a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. The death is dated only to September 1894.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Atlanta dispatch in this paper reports that he was taken from the Valdosta, Georgia, jail and lynched.

Reported by: Atlanta dispatch printed in the paper (reporters).

Source

• The Madison Daily Leader, September 21, 1894, page 1 The Madison Daily Leader, September 21, 1894