Died in jail or a lockup

Rob Harris

died June 30, 1905 · Oconee County Jail, Oconee County, Georgia

A masked mob took Rob Harris and other men from the Watkinsville jail in Georgia in the early morning of June 30, 1905. The Pierre Weekly Free Press reports that the town marshal was forced at gunpoint to open the jail and the jailer surrendered the keys. The mob tied the men to fence posts about 400 yards away and shot them, killing Rob Harris. The Bowbells Tribune and the Pierre Weekly Free Press give different numbers of men taken, with one saying several and the other eight.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Sources (2)

Pierre Weekly Free Press, July 6, 1905, page 2 Pierre Weekly Free Press, July 6, 1905
The Bowbells Tribune, July 7, 1905, page 4 The Bowbells Tribune, July 7, 1905

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