Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia
End of Watch: Thursday, March 21, 1912
Age: 40
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Assault
Date of Incident: 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 one mile outside of 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 sheriff's deputies when a mob of 50 men seized and lynched him.