Died in custody
Name not reported
Two Black men held in custody by officers in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia, were taken from those officers by a mob and lynched a few months before a November 1908 report. Judge Parker, in his charge to the grand jury, directed jurors to investigate the killings. He described them as taking innocent lives in the shadow of the county courthouse.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Judge Parker told the grand jury to investigate the killings of two Black men taken from officers by a mob in Waycross.
Reported by: Judge Parker, in his charge to the grand jury (court).