Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in a Georgia county jail in July 1919 was taken from the jail by a mob and lynched, according to Governor Hugh M. Dorsey's 1921 pamphlet. The pamphlet says the mob had the key to the cell door, and that the sheriff had left the jail without a guard. A county commissioner who came to remove the man from the jail could not find a key. His name is not recorded in the sources.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Governor Hugh M. Dorsey's 1921 pamphlet says a mob took the man from a Georgia county jail and lynched him after the sheriff left the jail without a guard.
Reported by: Governor Hugh M. Dorsey's 1921 pamphlet.