Jim Jordan

Jim Jordan was a Black man held in the jail near Valdosta, Georgia, when a mob broke in during the early morning of April 8, 1911, according to a Clarksburg Telegram report published April 13, 1911. The report says the jailer was overpowered and forced to unlock the cells where Jim Jordan and two other men were held. The men were then taken to the edge of town and lynched. The report describes the jailer as overpowered, not as having given up the keys.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Clarksburg Telegram reported that a mob took Jim Jordan from the jail near Valdosta, Georgia, and lynched him.

Reported by: Clarksburg Telegram (reporters).

Source

• The Clarksburg Telegram, April 13, 1911, page 6 The Clarksburg Telegram, April 13, 1911