Guard Joseph Coody
Georgia Department of Corrections
Georgia
End of Watch: Thursday, March 21, 1912

Biographical Info
Age: 40
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Assault
Date of Incident: Thursday, March 21, 1912
Weapon Used: Blunt object; Shovel
Suspect Info: Lynched

Guard Joseph Coody was killed by an inmate who attacked him with a shovel at a penitentiary convict camp near Cochran, Georgia. The inmate then seized Guard Coody's revolver and opened fire on two other guards who returned fire wounding the suspect.

Later that day the inmate was being taken to Hawkinsville by deputy sheriffs when a mob of fifty men seized their prisoner, hanged him from a telephone pole, and riddled his body with bullets.