Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was one of five men held in a local jail in Georgia in January 1916. A small armed party gained entry through a ruse, and the jailer was persuaded to open the cells, after which they took him from his cell. His body was found the next morning hanging from a tree near the town. A coroner attributed his death to strangulation and gunshot wounds inflicted by unknown parties.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The coroner's verdict attributed the death to strangulation and gunshot wounds inflicted by unknown parties after a mob took him from the jail.
Reported by: coroner.