Jack Long
Jack Long was held in the jail at Newberry, Florida, in early February 1908. On February 6, 1908, a crowd of about 200 men took him from the jail, carried him to a site near the town, and hanged him from a tree. The Brunswick News reported that the crowd approached the guards in an orderly way, demanded him, and that his body was hanging within minutes. Police said his brother had been shot by a member of the Sapp family, and the Pensacola Journal reported that another man arrested in the case was spirited away before the mob reached him. Accounts said the town was armed and that further violence was feared.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Jack Long from the Newberry, Florida jail and hanged him from a tree, according to the Associated Press and The Brunswick News.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters); The Brunswick News (reporters).