Died in jail or a lockup

Dan Malone

22 years old · died July 21, 1889 · Florida

Dan Malone was a 22-year-old Black man. On Sunday night, July 21, 1889, he was in the custody of a sheriff in Florida when a masked mob took him from the sheriff. The mob lynched him. The Beatrice Daily Express reported his death two days later.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took Dan Malone from a sheriff on a Sunday night and lynched him, according to a 1889 newspaper account.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The Beatrice Daily Express, July 23, 1889, page 3 The Beatrice Daily Express, July 23, 1889

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