Name not reported

According to a 1916 news roundup in The Meridian Times, a mob took five Black people from the jail at Starksville, Georgia, and hanged them from the limb of a tree. The article gives no names, ages, or exact date for the five people. It also states that the mob acted at the jail, so the people were held there when they were taken.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Meridian Times, January 28, 1916, page 3 The Meridian Times, January 28, 1916