Died in custody
Will Owens
Will Owens, a Black man, was held in the custody of officers in Georgia when a crowd took him from them, according to a single short report from August 1891. The brief says he was tied to a post and hundreds of rounds were fired into his body. It does not name the facility, the officers, or whether they resisted or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd took Will Owens from officers holding him in Georgia, tied him to a post and fired hundreds of rounds into his body.
Reported by: news reports.