Name not reported
An unnamed man was held at the courthouse in Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia, when a mob took him from there in November 1894 and lynched him. In January 1895 the Jasper County grand jury returned no indictments for the killing. Witnesses told the grand jury either that they could not remember who was involved or that they believed the lynchers came from an adjoining county. Governor Atkinson sent Attorney-General Merrell to Monticello to investigate the lynching.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took an unnamed man from the courthouse in Monticello, Georgia, and lynched him in November 1894, and the Jasper County grand jury failed to indict anyone for it.
Reported by: Jasper County grand jury (court); witnesses.