Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Walton County, Georgia

A Black man held at the jail in Monroe, Georgia, was taken from it by a mob and hanged from a nearby tree, according to the Oxford Eagle, which reported it in July 1911. The paper said the mob gathered again, stormed the jail and dragged him out before hanging him from a tree close by.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report