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Lynching in Turner County
Waycross Evening Herald dated Saturday, April 16, 1910. The headline reads and the article details the lynching of two African American men, Albert Royal and Charley Jackson, near Amboy, Georgia. The article explains that the trouble started from an…
Lynching Near Ashburn
The Turner County Banner reported on April 15, 1910, the brutal lynching of Albert Royal and Charles Jackson, two African American men, by a white mob near Ashburn, Georgia. The men were forcibly taken from their home, tied to trees, and shot…
No Clues to Brutal Death
By December 5, the case had grown colder. The Wiregrass Farmer ran the headline “No Clues to Brutal Death” and reported that the investigation had stalled. Sheriff Kennedy admitted that the victim remained unidentified and that law enforcement may…
Officer Convicted of Slaying Merchant, c. 1930
Lynn Kelly, former policeman at Sycamore, was convicted this afternoon on the charge of murder in connection with the slaying of W.W. Odom, Ashburn merchant.
Probe Negro Girl's Death
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The Legs found in a Pond Mystery
"Who Hacked Up Body of Woman?" November 25, 1968
"Search Widens For Parts of Body" November 26, 1968
"Lawmen Await Lap Report in Murder" November 27, 1968
"Search Widens For Parts of Body" November 26, 1968
"Lawmen Await Lap Report in Murder" November 27, 1968
Turner's Double Lynching
The Tifton Gazette reported on April 22, 1910, the lynching of Albert Royal and Charles Jackson near Ashburn. A mob abducted and shot the men, binding them to trees. Royal, a farmer, had faced legal and community harassment. Jackson had been accused…
Two Negroes Hanged; Riddled with Bullets
The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal reported on April 19, 1910, the lynching of Albert Royal and Charles Jackson near Ashburn. A mob abducted and shot the men, binding them to trees. Royal, a farmer, had faced legal and community harassment. Jackson had…
Two Negros Are Lynched, c. 1910
"Two negroes were lynched near Amboy today. Warrants were sworn out by two negro women charging five prominent white men with lynching. The negroes killed were Albert Royal and Charley Jackson. The trouble started over an attack on a white woman.…
Who Left Severed Body in Pond?
On November 28, 1968, the Wiregrass Farmer carried a headline that gripped Turner County with shock and fear: “Who Left Severed Body in Pond?” The story detailed the grim discovery of a woman’s mutilated remains in an isolated pond just outside…