John Ware
John Ware, a Black man, was being taken by the sheriff and deputies toward Carnesville in Franklin County, Georgia, in September 1904, when a mob overtook them. According to newspaper accounts, the mob took him from the officers, put a noose around his neck, and hanged him from a tree. One account says the mob shot him repeatedly and left his body hanging, while another says shots were fired into his body while he hung. One dispatch attributes an earlier shooting to him, a claim this record does not test.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took John Ware from the sheriff and deputies while they were taking him toward Carnesville, Georgia, hanged him from a tree and shot him repeatedly.
Reported by: Atlanta Constitution (reporters).