Died in jail or a lockup
Andrew Springer
Andrew Springer was taken from the jail at Powhatan by a mob and killed, according to a brief item in The Osceola Times published on June 4, 1887. The item does not say how the mob got into the jail or whether the jailer or sheriff resisted or handed him over. Nothing else about him is recorded in this account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Andrew Springer from the jail at Powhatan and lynched him, according to a brief newspaper item that gives no further details.
Reported by: The Osceola Times (reporters).