Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Eight Black men were held in the jail at Watkinsville, Georgia, according to a national news item published June 30, 1905. A mob took the men from the jail and killed them by lynching. Each of the eight was in the custody of that jail when the mob seized him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.