Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Oconee County, Georgia

This person was one of eight people shot to death when a mob took them from the jail in Watkinsville, Georgia, where they were being held. The mob took them out of the jail and shot them, and The Times Dispatch reported the killings in July 1905. Their name, age, and gender are not known from this account, so they are referred to here as they.

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

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