Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
One of five Black people whom a mob took from the jail at Starksville, Georgia, according to a brief in The Meridian Times published January 28, 1916. The paper says the mob hanged the five from the limb of a tree. They were being held in that jail when the mob took them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.