Pan Barber
Pan Barber was taken from the Jasper County jail at Monticello, Georgia, in January 1915, according to a telephone message received in Atlanta. The sheriff, James Ezelle, said he was overpowered by about 100 men who forcibly removed Pan, his son Jesse and two married daughters from the jail. Their bodies, riddled with bullets, were found on the outskirts of town the next day. The account of the mob and the sheriff's response comes from that single message and the sheriff's statement as reported in the press.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A telephone message received in Atlanta and Sheriff James Ezelle say a mob of about 100 men overpowered the sheriff at the Jasper County jail and took Pan Barber from custody, and his body was found riddled with bullets on the outskirts of town the next day.
Reported by: Sheriff James Ezelle (name garbled in OCR) (the agency that held him); telephone message received in Atlanta (reporters).