Name not reported
A Black man about 30 years old was being held in the Cartersville jail in Georgia. Early on February 25, 1916, a mob of 40 or 50 men and boys seized the jailer, T. O. Roberts, took his keys, and removed the man from the jail, according to the Associated Press. They hanged him from a tree in front of City Hall and then fired a volley of shots into his body. Sheriff W. W. Callahan said he was roused by the shots and hurried to the jail, but arrived too late to stop the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took him from the Cartersville jail, hanged him from a tree in front of City Hall and fired on the body, after seizing the jailer and his keys; Sheriff W. W. Callahan said he arrived too late to stop them.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters); Sheriff W. W. Callahan (the agency that held him).