Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held at a Georgia jail in February 1916 was taken from the jail by a mob of about twenty men, according to a Brownsville Herald report published February 25, 1916. The mob killed him in front of the city hall, and the newspaper reported that his body was riddled with bullets. He died while in the custody of the jail, when a mob seized him from it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.