Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Oconee County, Georgia

This person was one of eight people held in the jail at Watkinsville, Georgia, when a mob took them from the jail. The mob shot all eight to death. The killings took place in 1905, and the people who died were held at the jail when the mob came for them.

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

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