Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black woman was being held at the jail in Monticello, Georgia, in 1915. According to press reports, a mob took her from the jail and hanged her. Those reports also said her body was riddled with bullets. Press reports described her as one of four Black people taken from the jail and hanged in this way.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Press reports quoted by the Courier-Journal say a mob took the man from the Monticello, Georgia jail, hanged him and riddled his body with bullets.
Reported by: press reports cited by the Courier-Journal (reporters).