Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died December 1905 · St. Petersburg, Georgia

A Black man was held in the jail at St. Petersburg, Georgia, in December 1905. About thirty minutes after he was placed there, a crowd gathered outside the jail. A member of the mob fired through a window and killed him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob gathered outside the St. Petersburg, Georgia, jail and one man fired through the window, killing the prisoner.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The Pioneer Express, January 5, 1906, page 6 The Pioneer Express, January 5, 1906

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