Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was held in the Georgetown jail when a crowd of masked men broke in, overpowered the town marshal, who held the jail keys at night, and forced him to open the door, then took the man from his cell. His body was found hanging from a hickory tree about two miles from Georgetown, on the Alabama side. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of strangulation by unknown persons, citing two plow lines.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's jury ruled the death strangulation by unknown persons, and the account says a masked crowd overpowered the marshal and forced open the jail door.
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner).