Died in jail or a lockup
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
A Black man held at the jail in Warrensburg, Georgia, was taken from the jail by a mob on the morning of February 26, 1911, and hanged. According to a news dispatch, the jailers offered very little resistance, and the mob dispersed quietly afterward. The account comes from a single news dispatch published the next day in The Alaska Citizen.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch reports that a mob took one of two Black men held in the Warrensburg jail and hanged him, with little resistance from the jailers.
Reported by: news dispatch (The Citizen Special Service) (reporters).