Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

One of 6 people whose names were not reported

died July 6, 1905 · Oconee County, Georgia

This person was one of seven people a masked mob took from the Watkinsville jail in Georgia in the early morning of July 6, 1905, and killed. The Marietta Journal's account names only two of the seven, so this person's name is not recorded here. The mob took them from the jail where they were being held.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

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