Lee Green
Lee Green was held at the Macon city barracks in Bibb County, Georgia, until the early hours of August 17, 1923. While two Macon detectives were driving him toward Perry, a crowd of about 75 men stopped the car on the highway, took him from the officers, and carried him to Wellston in Houston County. The mob hanged his body from a tree and shot it many times. According to the newspaper account, the officers did not stop the crowd, and Sheriff Chapman of Houston County ordered the body cut down after the mob had left.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd of about 75 men stopped two Macon detectives taking him by automobile toward Perry, seized him and hanged and shot him near Wellston.
Reported by: news reports.