Died in jail or a lockup
Will Catto
Will Catto, a Black man, was taken from the jail in Statesboro by a mob in August 1904 and burned at the stake, according to a brief dispatch in the Daily Alaskan. The dispatch does not say whether the jailer or officers resisted the mob, gave up the keys or handed him over. It gives no account of his life or family.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Daily Alaskan (reporters).