Name not reported
A Black man who had worked as a cook for railroad contractors was being held in the guard house at Higgston, Georgia, to await a hearing. Around 3 a.m. on July 20, 1901, armed men overpowered the guards, broke open the doors, and put him in a wagon. They drove him about half a mile away, where his body was found by the roadside with several gunshot wounds. The coroner, M. Morrison, found that he died from gunshot wounds inflicted by unknown parties. His name is garbled in the scanned newspaper text and is not recorded.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Coroner M. Morrison's inquest found he died of gunshot wounds inflicted by unknown parties after a mob overpowered the guards at the Higgston guard house.
Reported by: Coroner M. Morrison (medical examiner or coroner).