Name not reported

One of five Black people whom a mob took from the jail at Starksville, Georgia, this person was hanged from the limb of a tree, according to a January 1916 weekly news roundup. The jail held them at the time, and the mob took them from custody and killed them. The account is a brief that gives no names or ages for the five.

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