Walker
John Walker, a Black man, was held in the jail at Oglethorpe, Georgia, in November 1910. Accounts say a mob broke into the jail, took the keys from the only jail employee they could find, and took him from his cell. Accounts differ on where he was hanged: from a telegraph pole in the Flint River swamps near Montezuma, from a bridge over the Flint River, or from an iron bridge. Some accounts instead place his death at the Macon County jail, where a mob overpowered the jailer and dragged him out.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). Accounts agree a mob took Walker from the jail and hanged him, but they differ on the place: one says a telegraph pole in the Flint River swamps, another says a bridge over the Flint River.
Reported by: news reports.
Sources (12)
- The Birmingham Age-Herald, November 9, 1910, page 7
- The Times And Democrat, November 9, 1910, page 1
- Los Angeles Herald, November 9, 1910, page 5
- The Daily Missoulian, November 9, 1910, page 7
- The Beatrice Daily Express, November 9, 1910, page 1
- The Bamberg Herald, November 10, 1910, page 1
- Alexandria Gazette, November 10, 1910, page 4
- East St. Louis Daily Journal, November 10, 1910, page 6
- The Colorado Statesman, November 12, 1910, page 6
- Bisbee Daily Review, November 13, 1910, page 6
- The Alaska Citizen, November 14, 1910, page 2
- Oxford Eagle, November 17, 1910, page 1