Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the custody of a Georgia sheriff in July 1922 was taken from the sheriff by a mob and lynched early one morning, according to a brief wire report. Two Black men were seized in the same incident, and he was one of them. The report gives no name for him, an exact date, or the facility where he was held, and it does not say whether the sheriff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.