Fred Neils
Fred Neils, a Black man, was held in the Ocala jail in Florida when he died on November 14, 1912. According to a Tampa dispatch printed in The Barre Daily Times the next day, a mob of more than 200 men surrounded the jail, overpowered the jailer and took him from it. The dispatch says they drove him two miles outside the city, told him to run, and fired more than 100 shots into him. The account is from a single newspaper report of the time, and the spelling of his name in that report may be imperfect.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Tampa, Fla. dispatch reports that a mob of more than 200 men overpowered the jailer, took him from the Ocala jail and shot him more than 100 times.
Reported by: Tampa, Fla. dispatch in The Barre Daily Times (reporters).