Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
This person was one of five Black people held at the jail in Albany, Georgia, on the night of January 20, 1916. A mob battered down the jail doors after the jailers refused to hand the prisoners over. The mob then took the five people out of the jail and lynched them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.