Died in jail or a lockup
Claude Neal
Claude Neal, a 23-year-old Black man, was a son, brother, husband and father, and his nephew Orlando Williams has pursued justice and reparations for the family for more than three decades. According to historian James McGovern, as cited in a 2020 WFSU News article, a group of six men took Neal from a jail in Pensacola in October 1934, drove him into the woods of Jackson County, and subjected him to hours of torture before killing him. His body was then hung from an oak tree at the Jackson County Courthouse in Marianna. The men involved have never been publicly named.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historian James McGovern's account cited in the article.