Major

Major, a Black man and one of Felix Lake's sons, was held at the county jail at Sylvester, Georgia, in January 1916. A mob broke into the jail, took him and four other Black men from custody, and hanged them from a tree by the roadside near Starkville. The Bridgeport Evening Farmer reported the killings on January 21, 1916.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

News report

• The Bridgeport Evening Farmer, January 21, 1916, page 1 The Bridgeport Evening Farmer, January 21, 1916