Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was in the custody of a deputy escorting him to the county jail near Irwinton, Georgia, in October 1911. The Herald and News reports that a mob of about forty masked men overpowered the deputy and took the man from him. The mob hanged him from a pine tree near Butler's Bridge and shot him. His body remained hanging until the following Monday afternoon, when the sheriff ordered it removed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about forty masked men took him from a deputy escorting him to the county jail, hanged and shot him near Butler's Bridge, and the deputy was overpowered.
Reported by: news reports.