Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man whose name is garbled in the surviving newspaper text was being moved with James Harvey from Wayne County to Savannah for safekeeping when a mob took both men from a deputy sheriff near Lanes Bridge, Georgia, and killed them. The Mellette County Pioneer reported in July 1922, citing telephone messages to Sheriff Rogers, that the two men were lynched.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took the man from a deputy sheriff near Lanes Bridge, Georgia, while he was being moved to Savannah for safekeeping, and lynched him.
Reported by: telephone messages to Sheriff Rogers (reporters).