Died in jail or a lockup
Willie Stewart
Willie Stewart, a Black man, was held in the jail at Eastman, Georgia. According to The Washington Herald, a mob took him from the jail on the night before December 2, 1915, and he was found early that morning, riddled with bullets. The account gives no word on whether the jail staff resisted the mob or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A 1915 news account reports that Willie Stewart was taken from the Eastman, Georgia jail the night before and lynched, and was found riddled with bullets.
Reported by: news reports.