Richard Robertson
Rich Robertson, a Black man, was held in the Watkinsville, Georgia jail in June 1905 when a mob broke in and took him and seven others from their cells. According to a news dispatch in the Durango Semi-Weekly Herald, the mob took the keys from the jailer, hanged the men from telegraph poles and shot their bodies. The Adair County News reported that the jailer gave in to the mob and led them to the cells, and that the sheriff, who lived a mile away, did not learn of it until morning.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Rich Robertson from the Watkinsville, Georgia jail and hanged him, and the jailer gave the mob the keys and led them to the cell.
Reported by: news dispatch (Watkinsville, Ga., June 29, 1905) (reporters).