Name not reported

A Black man, reported to be about 63 years old, was held in the Telfair County jail in McRae, Georgia. On Saturday night, May 24, 1919, according to secondhand reports in the Cordele Dispatch, a party of men went to the jail, took him back to Milan and lynched him. The paper said details were kept quiet locally and that people in the community would not admit knowing about it.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Unnamed sources returning from Telfair and Dodge counties say a party of men took a man from the Telfair County jail and lynched him.

Reported by: unnamed sources returning from Telfair and Dodge counties.

Source

• The Cordele Dispatch, June 1, 1919, page 6 The Cordele Dispatch, June 1, 1919