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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died January 14, 1915

On the night of January 14, 1915, a mob took four Black people, two men and two women, from a jail. The mob hanged them to a tree and then fired on them. Superior Judge Park, charging a grand jury investigating the lynching, told the jury that the perpetrators were guilty of murder.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Superior Judge Park, charging a grand jury investigating the lynching, said the perpetrators were guilty of murder.

Reported by: Superior Judge Park (court).

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