Sandy Reeves
Sandy Reaves was a 17-year-old Black man held at the jail at Blackshear, Georgia. Early on September 24, 1918, a crowd of about 100 people broke into the jail and took him. His body, bearing bullet wounds, was found hanging from a tree near the Atlantic Coast Line shops in Waycross. A coroner's jury found that he came to his death at the hands of unknown parties. A separate report datelined Waycross on September 25 says a mob took him from officers and hanged him, without saying how the mob reached him or what the officers did.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's jury found he came to his death at the hands of unknown parties after a crowd stormed the Blackshear jail and took him, and a second report says a mob took him from officers and hanged him.
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner); news reports.