Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a June 1905 Courier-Journal editorial, a mob took this person from a Georgia jail and shot them to death. The paper says they were one of seven people killed this way, six of them Black, and it does not give their name, age, the town, or the date of the killing. The editorial does not say whether the jail's officers resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the person over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Courier-Journal editorial (reporters).