Died in custody
One of 4 people whose names were not reported
A Black man held at the Waycross jail in Georgia was taken from the jail by a crowd of more than a thousand people on June 27, 1908, and killed by the crowd at sundown that day. According to the newspaper account, officers who were trying to move the men held at the jail out of the city were overpowered as the crowd stormed the building. The account describes the officers as overpowered rather than as handing him over, and it gives no further detail about how he was held.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took two Black men from officers in Waycross, Georgia, dragged them about half a mile and killed them, hanging one from a tree and shooting the other.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).