Sandy Pike
Sandy Pike was one of eight men held in the Watkinsville jail in Georgia. The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal reported that shortly after midnight on June 30, 1905, a masked mob demanded the prisoners at rifle point, took them from their cells, tied them and bound them to a fence in a corner lot in the center of town, where they were shot. The jailer was said to have told the mob that resistance was useless and to have given up the keys. This account comes from a newspaper report of 1905, and the details of who fired and what was said have not been confirmed by other sources.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took Sandy Pike and seven other men from the Watkinsville jail, tied them to a fence and shot them, and the jailer said resistance was useless and gave up the keys.
Reported by: the jailer. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.