Died in custody
Name not reported
Sheriff Rogers was taking two men by train to Savannah, Georgia, when a mob took them from his custody. The second of the two men, a Black man, was killed by the mob near Jessup, Georgia, on Saturday, July 1, 1922, according to a dispatch datelined July 3. He was held in the sheriff's custody when the mob seized him and killed him. The account gives no further details about him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.