Died in jail or a lockup
Willey
Willey was one of three Black men held in the jail at Newton, Georgia, when a mob overpowered the jailer and took the three men out. According to a San Francisco Call report published June 27, 1903, the men were hanged from a tree about a mile from town and then shot. The jailer's handling of the mob is not described in the account, which is the only source for these events.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob overpowered the jailer at the Newton, Georgia jail and took Willey and two other men out to be hanged and shot.
Reported by: newspaper report (historical, OCR text) (reporters).