Charles Davis

Charles Davis, a Black man, was in the custody of Sheriff Cobb near Isthachatta, Florida, when a band of masked men took him and lynched him while he was being moved between jails. He had not been tried. The Milwaukee Leader, in a 1926 report, criticized the mob's conduct in an editorial.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A band of masked men took Charles Davis from Sheriff Cobb while he was being moved between jails near Isthachatta, Florida, and lynched him.

Reported by: Sheriff Cobb (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

Source

• The Milwaukee Leader, June 13, 1926, page 14 The Milwaukee Leader, June 13, 1926