Willie Jacobson

Willie Jacobson was a 17-year-old Black man held by the sheriff in Greenville County, South Carolina. A Tonopah Daily Bonanza report published on October 12, 1911, says that after a chase of more than 100 miles, a mob overpowered the sheriff and his deputies about six miles north of Greenville and took him from them. The report says the mob hanged him from a telephone pole by one foot and shot his body. He died on October 11, 1911.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob overpowered the sheriff and deputies holding Willie Jacobson and hanged him from a telephone pole, then shot his body, according to a 1911 Tonopah Daily Bonanza report.

Reported by: Tonopah Daily Bonanza (reporters).

Source

• Tonopah Daily Bonanza, October 12, 1911, page 1 Tonopah Daily Bonanza, October 12, 1911