For frightening a white
girl. Anderson was
lynched For putting a bag
on his head and
frightening a white
female friend as she
walked to school.
(Lynching in the New
South pg. 61)
Bob Collins
Athens
Georgia
February 10
1894
For enticing a servant
John Forbes
Petersburg
Virginia
June 11
1889
For burglary
John Wilson
Patrick County
Virginia
February 6
1886
For being a horse thief
Lee Pickett
Patrick County
Virginia
July 12
1898
For attempted rape.
Pickett was a discharged
mental patient. The five
white men who lynched him
were subsequently found
guilty of second-degree
murder and given
sentences ranging from
5-6 years in the
penitentiary. (Lynching
in the New South pg. 94)