Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Five Black people held in the jail in Albany, Georgia, were taken from it by a white mob on the night of January 20, 1916, and killed. The mob battered down the jail doors after the guards refused to hand the prisoners over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: newspaper reporting on the Albany, Georgia jail lynching (reporters).