Fulton Smith
Fulton Smith, a Black man, was one of three men held in the Baker County jail in MacClenny, Florida, in October 1920. According to The Birmingham Age-Herald, about fifty armed men reached the jail around 1 a.m. on October 5, overpowered the sheriff, took his keys and removed the men from their cells. The Pensacola Journal, also reporting on October 6, said the men overpowered the sheriff and took the keys, and that Smith was taken to the outskirts of town, tied to a tree and shot to death. The accounts differ on how the killing was carried out, with one describing several trees and the other a single tree.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about fifty armed men overpowered the sheriff, took the keys, removed Fulton Smith from the Baker County jail and shot him after tying him to a tree.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).