Died in jail or a lockup
John Walker
John Walker, a Black man, was held at the jail at Byron in Houston County, Georgia. According to a Macon dispatch printed in the Los Angeles Herald on November 2, 1907, a mob took him from the jail, shot him many times and then burned his body.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Macon dispatch printed in the Los Angeles Herald says unknown people took him from the Byron jail, shot him many times and burned his body.
Reported by: Macon dispatch, printed in the Los Angeles Herald (reporters).