Rob Edwards
Rob Edwards, a Black man, was held in the Cumming jail in Forsyth County, Georgia, when a mob killed him on Tuesday, September 10, 1912, according to Sheriff W. W. Reid. Reid said about 1,000 men formed the mob and that he had hidden the jail keys, and when about 100 men came to his home demanding them, he refused to hand them over. The sheriff said the mob then battered down the jail door with sledgehammers and a crowbar and took Edwards from the jail. The account of the sheriff's refusal comes from the sheriff himself.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Sheriff W. W. Reid said a mob of about 1,000 men broke into the Cumming jail, where Edwards was held, and that he hid the keys and refused a demand for them from about 100 men at his home.
Reported by: Sheriff W. W. Reid (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.