Died in jail or a lockup
John Towns
John Towns was held in the guard house at Damascus, Georgia, in 1908. The Birmingham Age-Herald reported that about 100 armed men came to the guard house late at night, overpowered the deputies, and broke in the doors. The mob took him out, carried him down the railroad track outside the town, and hanged him. The newspaper reported that his body was riddled with bullets.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 100 armed men overpowered the deputies at the Damascus guard house, took John Towns out, hanged him and riddled his body with bullets.
Reported by: news reports.