Name not reported
A Black man held in the Wilkinson County jail in Georgia was taken from the jail by a mob of two or three hundred people, according to an official report by Gen. Woods, commander of U.S. troops in Georgia. Gen. Woods reported that the mob chained him to a tree, cut off his ears and burned him to death. A correspondent said Black residents were forced to pile the fagots around him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Gen. Woods, in an official report, says a mob of two or three hundred people took a Black man held in the Wilkinson county jail, chained him to a tree and burned him to death, and a reliable correspondent says Black residents were forced to pile the fagots around him.
Reported by: Gen. Woods, commander of U.S. troops in Georgia (official report); a reliable correspondent.