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Lulu Charles

died January 1915 · Jasper County Jail, Jasper County, Georgia

Lulu Charles was one of two married daughters of Pan Barber. In January 1915 she was held at the Jasper County jail in Monticello, Georgia, with her father and relatives, when a mob took them from the jail, according to a telephone message received in Atlanta. The sheriff said he was overpowered by about 100 men. Her body was found riddled with bullets on the outskirts of town.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A telephone message received in Atlanta said a mob took Lulu Charles and her relatives from the Jasper County jail at Monticello, Georgia, and Sheriff James Ezelle said about 100 men overpowered him.

Reported by: Sheriff James Ezelle (the agency that held her); telephone message received in Atlanta (reporters).

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