A news item from that time reports that 16 year old Austin Calloway was arrested for assault on a white woman on 8th of September 1940. A mob of armed white men kidnapped him and shot him in the head and arms and left him for dead on a rural road outside of town. He was later found and reportedly taken to a hospital where he died.
A newspaper report from January 27, 2017 indicates that "While a fire tore through the fertilizer plant across town, six armed men wearing hoods stormed the jail where Callaway was being held. News reports from the time said Callaway was arrested on a change of assaulting a white woman, (local Police Chief) Dekmar said. But no official record remains today describing the allegations.
The mob ordered the lone jailer at gunpoint to open Callaway's cell and fled into the night with him. Hours later, a passerby found him on a dirt road in a rural part of the county. He had been shot five times, with wounds in the head, hands and arms. Dekmar said. He was brought to the hospital and later died."
The community's indifference was spelled out in the findings of the grand jury, to "get better locks for the jail," he said.
The murder has received some attention recently:
> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/us/lagrange-georgia-lynching-apology.html?emc=edit_th_20170127&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=48261306
> http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/us/lagrange-georgia-callaway-1940-lynching/
> http://nuweb9.neu.edu/civilrights/georgia/austincallaway/
> http://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-police-chief-apologizing-1940-lynching/
A newspaper report from January 27, 2017 indicates that "While a fire tore through the fertilizer plant across town, six armed men wearing hoods stormed the jail where Callaway was being held. News reports from the time said Callaway was arrested on a change of assaulting a white woman, (local Police Chief) Dekmar said. But no official record remains today describing the allegations.
The mob ordered the lone jailer at gunpoint to open Callaway's cell and fled into the night with him. Hours later, a passerby found him on a dirt road in a rural part of the county. He had been shot five times, with wounds in the head, hands and arms. Dekmar said. He was brought to the hospital and later died."
The community's indifference was spelled out in the findings of the grand jury, to "get better locks for the jail," he said.
The murder has received some attention recently:
> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/us/lagrange-georgia-lynching-apology.html?emc=edit_th_20170127&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=48261306
> http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/us/lagrange-georgia-callaway-1940-lynching/
> http://nuweb9.neu.edu/civilrights/georgia/austincallaway/
> http://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-police-chief-apologizing-1940-lynching/
A news item from that time reports that 16 year old Austin Calloway was arrested for assault on a white woman on 8th of September 1940. A mob of armed white men kidnapped him and shot him in the head and arms and left him for dead on a rural road outside of town. He was later found and reportedly taken to a hospital where he died.
A newspaper report from January 27, 2017 indicates that "While a fire tore through the fertilizer plant across town, six armed men wearing hoods stormed the jail where Callaway was being held. News reports from the time said Callaway was arrested on a change of assaulting a white woman, (local Police Chief) Dekmar said. But no official record remains today describing the allegations.
The mob ordered the lone jailer at gunpoint to open Callaway's cell and fled into the night with him. Hours later, a passerby found him on a dirt road in a rural part of the county. He had been shot five times, with wounds in the head, hands and arms. Dekmar said. He was brought to the hospital and later died."
The community's indifference was spelled out in the findings of the grand jury, to "get better locks for the jail," he said.
The murder has received some attention recently:
> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/us/lagrange-georgia-lynching-apology.html?emc=edit_th_20170127&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=48261306
> http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/us/lagrange-georgia-callaway-1940-lynching/
> http://nuweb9.neu.edu/civilrights/georgia/austincallaway/
> http://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-police-chief-apologizing-1940-lynching/
A newspaper report from January 27, 2017 indicates that "While a fire tore through the fertilizer plant across town, six armed men wearing hoods stormed the jail where Callaway was being held. News reports from the time said Callaway was arrested on a change of assaulting a white woman, (local Police Chief) Dekmar said. But no official record remains today describing the allegations.
The mob ordered the lone jailer at gunpoint to open Callaway's cell and fled into the night with him. Hours later, a passerby found him on a dirt road in a rural part of the county. He had been shot five times, with wounds in the head, hands and arms. Dekmar said. He was brought to the hospital and later died."
The community's indifference was spelled out in the findings of the grand jury, to "get better locks for the jail," he said.
The murder has received some attention recently:
> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/us/lagrange-georgia-lynching-apology.html?emc=edit_th_20170127&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=48261306
> http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/us/lagrange-georgia-callaway-1940-lynching/
> http://nuweb9.neu.edu/civilrights/georgia/austincallaway/
> http://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-police-chief-apologizing-1940-lynching/
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