Charlie Smoke

Charlie Smoke, a Black man, was taken from a jail at Bluntstown, Florida, in September 1931 and lynched, according to a list of known lynchings published by the Daily Worker in April 1932. The same list names Richard Smoke as killed alongside him. The Daily Worker account gives no details about the mob, the jail, or whether officers resisted or handed the men over. No other sources in the record describe Charlie Smoke's life or the events of that night.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Daily Worker lists Charlie Smoke among people lynched at Bluntstown, Florida, in September 1931 after being taken from a jail.

Reported by: Daily Worker (reporters).

Source

• The Daily Worker, April 18, 1932, page 8 The Daily Worker, April 18, 1932