| 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. |