Died in custody
King Green
King Green, a Black man, was taken from the custody of the sheriff at Eastman, Georgia, and lynched by a mob, according to a short wire dispatch printed in the Hopkinsville Kentuckian on July 24, 1909. The dispatch reports that his body was riddled after he was taken. The account names the sheriff's custody as the place the mob took him from.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Hopkinsville Kentuckian (wire dispatch) (reporters).