Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Starksville, Georgia

Five Black people held at the jail in Starksville, Ga., were taken from it by a mob and hanged from the limb of a tree, according to a brief in a 1916 weekly news roundup published January 28, 1916. The brief gives no names, ages or exact date for them.

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

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