Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Oconee County, Georgia

This person was one of eight people held at the jail in Watkinsville, Georgia, whom a mob took from the jail and shot to death, according to a 1905 newspaper report. The person's name is not given. They were held by the jail when the mob took them.

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

News report