Died in jail or a lockup
Jim Carlrby
Jim Carlrby was one of eight people held in the Watkinsville jail in Georgia when a mob broke in during the early hours of June 29, 1905. According to a news dispatch, the mob took the keys from the jailer, removed the prisoners from their cells, hanged them from telegraph poles and shot the bodies. The dispatch reports that the jailer handed over the keys. The mob's accusations against the men are not repeated here.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Jim Carlrby from the Watkinsville jail, hanged him from a telegraph pole and shot the body, according to a news dispatch from Watkinsville, Georgia, dated June 29.
Reported by: news dispatch (Watkinsville, Ga., June 29) (reporters).