Died in jail or a lockup
Wiley (surname not legible in OCR)
Wiley was held in the Baker County jail at Newton, Georgia, on the night of June 25, 1903. According to a St. Louis Republic report from Albany, Georgia, a mob came to the jail that night and overpowered the jailer when he opened the door. The mob took Wiley and two other men held there about a mile from town, hanged Wiley from a tree and shot him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The St. Louis Republic reported, citing an Albany, Ga. dispatch, that a mob overpowered the jailer at the Baker County jail, took Wiley and two other men, and hanged and shot them.
Reported by: The St. Louis Republic (Albany, Ga. dispatch) (reporters).