Died in jail or a lockup

Zed Jones

died September 25, 1906 · East Point jail, Fulton County, Georgia

Zed Jones, a Black man, was held at the East Point jail in the Atlanta suburb of East Point, Georgia, in September 1906. A mob took him from the jail after midnight, carried him about half a mile into the woods and hanged him. Nothing connects Jones to the assaults that had set off race violence in Atlanta.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News report

The Ocala Evening Star, September 25, 1906, page 1 The Ocala Evening Star, September 25, 1906

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