Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person, whose name the Associated Press report of April 14, 1919 does not give, was held in the jail at Miller, Georgia. According to the report, a mob took them from the jail and lynched them. The item ties the killing to a clash at Buckhead church the previous day, in which seven people died, as the paper described it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Associated Press report says a Black person was taken from a jail at Miller, Georgia, and lynched, without saying how the mob got in or whether jail staff resisted.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).