Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to an aged local resident recalled in a 1946 Associated Negro Press report, a mob took a Black man from the jail in Athens, Georgia, and killed him. The resident said he was burned at an intersection on the road to Monroe.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An aged local resident, as recalled in the ANP report, says a Black man taken from the Athens, Georgia jail was burned at an intersection on the road to Monroe.
Reported by: an aged local resident, as recalled in the ANP report (witnesses).