Died in custody
Bob Scruggs
Bob Scruggs was in the custody of special deputies who were taking him from Newberry to Gainesville, Florida, in early September 1902. According to the Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal, a party of about 300 men overpowered the deputies and took him, along with another prisoner, from their control. The paper reported that he was strung up on a tree about two miles from Newberry and that his body was shot many times.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.