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City Marshal James Carter | Toccoa Police Department, Georgia
Toccoa Police Department, Georgia

City Marshal

James Carter

Toccoa Police Department, Georgia

End of Watch: Monday, May 9, 1892

Biographical Info

Age:
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Assault
Date of Incident: May 9, 1892
Weapon Used: Blunt object
Suspect Info: Lynched

City Marshal James Carter was beaten to death with a crowbar by three men he surprised breaking into the Toccoa National Bank. His body was found just outside the bank door shortly after midnight. Footprints beside his body led deputies to a house where the three suspects were arrested.

Due to threats of lynching the suspects were transfered from the Toccoa Jail to the jail in Clarksville. A week later a mob of more than 200 men broke into the jail and seized the suspects. All three were hanged from a tree just ouside of town and their bodies riddled with bullets.