Died in custody
Name not reported
Two men were being held by officers in Georgia when a mob took them and burned them at the stake, according to an 1904 editorial in the Daily Kennebec Journal. The editorial called the killing a lynching. It said the people responsible should be punished as murderers.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Daily Kennebec Journal editorial says two men were taken from the officers holding them in Georgia and burned at the stake.
Reported by: Daily Kennebec Journal editorial (reporters).