Sevie Davis
Sevis Davis, a 45-year-old Black man, was held in the Richland city jail in Georgia when, around 9 a.m. on October 23, 1933, a group of men broke the outside lock, went to his cell and took him. Sheriff S. W. Worthington followed the mob and found Davis in woods about two miles from Richland, beaten and shot four times, and took him to the Lumpkin county jail for safekeeping, where he died later that day. According to the Savannah Tribune, the sheriff said he could not identify any member of the mob, which had disappeared and was not large. The Atlanta Daily World reported that local authorities opened an investigation and that several conflicting accounts of the killing were circulating; a later record gives the name as Sevie Davis, and the spelling is not settled across sources.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke the outside lock of the Richland city jail, took Sevis Davis from his cell, and shot and beat him; Sheriff S. W. Worthington said he could not identify any mob member.
Reported by: Sheriff S. W. Worthington (the agency that held him); Atlanta Daily World (reporters).