Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a Santa Fe New Mexican report, masked men broke into the jail at Palmetto, Georgia, on the morning of March 16, 1899, and shot nine Black people who were being held there. Four were killed outright and others were wounded. The paper said the prisoners begged for mercy before they were shot. The governor was asked for troops, and the report said none had arrived when it was filed.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody