Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, one of eight men said to have been lynched in the Monroe area of Georgia around the turn of the century, was taken from the jail at Watkinsville, according to an aged local resident recalled in a 1946 report. The resident said a mob fastened him to a fence and shot him, and the report says he was riddled with bullets.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An aged local resident, as recalled in a 1946 ANP report, says the men were taken from the Watkinsville jail, fastened to a fence and riddled with bullets.
Reported by: an aged local resident, as recalled in the ANP report (witnesses); ANP (Associated Negro Press) report (reporters).