Seth Davis

Sevie Davis, a 45-year-old Black man, was held in the Richland city jail in Georgia in October 1933. According to Sheriff S. W. Worthington, a group of men broke the outside lock, went into his cell and took him. The sheriff said he found Davis in woods about two miles from Richland, beaten and shot four times, and that Davis died later that day at the Lumpkin county jail. The sheriff said he could not identify any member of the mob, which had disappeared. Newspaper accounts differ on the date of his death and on other details of the killing.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody

Sources (4)

• Atlanta Daily World, October 25, 1933, page 1 Atlanta Daily World, October 25, 1933
• The Savannah Tribune, October 26, 1933, page 1 The Savannah Tribune, October 26, 1933
• The Washington Tribune, November 2, 1933, page 2 The Washington Tribune, November 2, 1933
• Atlanta Daily World, August 4, 1946, page 1 Atlanta Daily World, August 4, 1946