Died in jail or a lockup
Marshal Jones
Marshal Jones, a Black man, was held in the Douglas jail in Douglas, Georgia, in May 1900. The Age-Herald reported that a mob took him from the jail at about 1 a.m., tied him to a small pine tree and riddled his body with bullets. The El Paso Daily Herald reported that the mob took him on the morning of May 5, hanged him from a tree and shot him many times. The two accounts differ on the time and on how he was killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Marshal Jones from the Douglas jail, tied him to a tree and riddled him with bullets.
Reported by: news reports.