Died in jail or a lockup
J. J. Dickinson, Jr.
J. J. Dickison, Jr., was the son of Gen. Dickison, Florida's former adjutant general. He was being held at the Leesburg jail in Sumter County, Florida, when, according to a Jacksonville news dispatch, about twenty-five armed men in disguise came to the jail in the early morning of July 15, 1881. The men overpowered the jailer and shot him twice inside the jail, then took him outside and shot him many times.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Jacksonville news dispatch (reporters).