Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was held in a jail in a county in Southwest Georgia. According to a 1915 editorial reprinted from the Columbia State in the Anderson Daily Intelligencer, a mob took him from that jail and killed him. The editorial attributes the killing to the mob, and the jail is named as the place he was held when they took him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: editorial reprinted from the Columbia State (reporters).