One of 7 people whose names were not reported

On June 28, 1905, a man whose name is not recorded was one of seven men held in the city jail at Atkinson, Georgia. According to the Morning Appeal, a mob of several hundred men broke into the jail after talking with the sheriff, took the seven prisoners, and hanged them from trees near the building. The paper reported that the prisoners' pleas were ignored. It also reported that state authorities ordered an investigation, though the paper did not expect it to identify anyone in the mob.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of several hundred men broke into the Atkinson city jail after talking with the sheriff, and hanged seven men held there from trees near the jail.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• Morning Appeal, June 30, 1905, page 3 Morning Appeal, June 30, 1905