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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died January 23, 1912 · Georgia

Three Black people held in a Georgia jail were taken from their cells and lynched by a mob that broke into the jail on January 23, 1912, according to The Daily Star-Mirror. The paper does not name them. Whether jail officers resisted the mob or handed over the keys is not stated.

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

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