George Buddington
George Buddington, a 66-year-old Black man, was being held in the Waldo city jail in Alachua County, Florida. According to the report, a group of unidentified men broke the jail lock late on the night of December 27, 1926, took him several miles from town and shot him. A passing tourist found his body the next day and told the Waldo police chief. A coroner's jury returned a verdict that he died at the hands of a party or parties unknown, and the sheriff of Alachua County ordered an investigation into the lynching.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's jury ruled he died at the hands of a party or parties unknown after a mob reportedly broke the Waldo city jail lock, took him and shot him.
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner); the sheriff of Alachua County (the agency that held him).