Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died June 27, 1911 · Walton County, Georgia

A Black man held at the jail in Monroe, Georgia, was taken from his cell by a mob on June 27, 1911, and killed. The Times Dispatch reported the lynching, but the name it gave is garbled, so his identity is not established from this account.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report