Died in jail or a lockup

Zeh Long

died September 24, 1906 · East Point jail, Fulton County, Georgia

Zeh Long, a Black man, was being held in the East Point jail, about five miles from Atlanta, Georgia. Early on September 24, 1906, about two hundred men stormed the jail, took him out, strung him up to a telegraph pole and shot him dead, according to the Bluefield Evening Leader. The paper reports that seventeen companies of troops were on duty in the city afterward.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Bluefield Evening Leader, September 25, 1906, page 1 Bluefield Evening Leader, September 25, 1906

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