Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Georgia

According to a June 1905 Courier-Journal editorial, a mob took this person from a jail in Georgia and shot them to death. The editorial reports that seven people were killed this way in total, and that six of the seven were Black. This person was one of those seven, and the editorial gives no further account of who they were.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Courier-Journal editorial (reporters).

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