Mary Connelly

A mob took Mary Connelly, a Black woman, from the jail at Leary, Georgia, and shot her to death, according to Associated Press reports published in October 1916. The reports say the mob was looking for her son, who had been taken to Macon for safekeeping, and believed he was still alive. A later brief in the Hopkinsville Kentuckian reports a Black woman named Connelly taken from the jail and killed by a mob.

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

Reported by: Associated Press reports (reporters).

News reports (2)

• The Pensacola Journal, October 5, 1916, page 1 The Pensacola Journal, October 5, 1916
• Hopkinsville Kentuckian, October 10, 1916, page 1 Hopkinsville Kentuckian, October 10, 1916