Died in jail or a lockup
Jim Reed Long
Jim Reed Long, a Black man, was held at the Barrow County jail in Winder, Georgia, on September 2, 1922. According to an Associated Press report, a large crowd gathered at the jail that day. As Sheriff Camp was taking him toward Atlanta, the report says, a mob blocked the road and took him from the sheriff. The mob hanged him from a pine tree just outside Winder, and the report says the sheriff was overpowered rather than handing him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Jim Reed Long from Sheriff Camp while the sheriff was transporting him toward Atlanta and hanged him from a pine tree outside Winder, according to the Associated Press.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).