Rodius Seamore
Rodius Seamore, a Black man, was one of five men taken from the Worth County jail in Sylvester, Georgia, in January 1916 by a mob of about forty men. According to an Associated Press dispatch, the mob seized the sheriff and jailer and demanded the cell keys, then drove away in automobiles toward Lee County. Sheriff L. A. Potts said the men held him at gunpoint and took his keys. Rodius Seamore was found hanged from a tree near Starkville with many bullet holes in his body, and the dispatch reports no legal process against him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Sheriff L. A. Potts said a mob of about forty men held the sheriff and jailer at gunpoint, took five Black men from the Worth County jail, and hanged Rodius Seamore from a tree near Starkville, with many bullet holes in the bodies.
Reported by: Sheriff L. A. Potts (the agency that held him); Associated Press dispatch from Albany, Ga. (reporters).