Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was taken from the jail in Talbotton, Georgia, and lynched, according to a brief item in The Neshoba Democrat published July 1, 1909. The item does not give his name, age, or the date of the killing, and it does not say how the mob got into the jail. It also does not say whether the jailer resisted, gave up the keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.