Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man whose name is not given was in the custody of a sheriff near Royston, Georgia, when a mob took him from the sheriff on a public highway and hanged him, according to a September 1904 report in The Courier-Journal. The account says the mob then shot his body many times. The sheriff's custody ended when the mob seized him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.