Cellos Harrison
Cellos Harrison, a Black man, was held in the Marianna jail in Marianna, Florida, in June 1943. Shortly after midnight on June 16, a group of masked men came to the jail, and the night jailer, Tom Belcher, said armed men covered him while others opened the cell and took Harrison away. Officers found his body on a ditch bank about five miles south of Marianna, and a deputy sheriff said he had been killed by blows to the head. The jailer said he did not recognize any of the men. A coroner's jury was to investigate the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Deputy Sheriff A. J. McMullen said Harrison was killed by blows to the head, and night jailer Tom Bolser said he did not recognize any of the four masked men who took him from the Jackson County jail.
Reported by: Deputy Sheriff A. J. McMullen (the agency that held him); night jailer Tom Bolser (the agency that held him); coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner).