Died in jail or a lockup
Marry Washington
Marry Washington, a Black man about 72 years old, was held at a jail near Milan, Georgia, in May 1919. According to the Bisbee Daily Review, a mob took him from the jail two nights after he surrendered following a shooting in which one white man was killed, and lynched him. The Arizona Republican reports that white men had raided the Black section of Milan in early May, and that Washington came out of his home armed with a shotgun before surrendering. Newspaper accounts from July 1919 say a reward of $1,500 was offered for the arrest and conviction of members of the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.