Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was being held in a jail near Valdosta when a mob took him from the jail and shot him to death, according to the Jones County News, which reported the killing on April 22, 1915. The paper gives the shooting by the mob as the cause of his death. He was in the jail's custody when the mob took him from it and killed him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Jones County News (reporters).