Died in jail or a lockup

Jackson

died December 4, 1903 · Hillsborough County, Florida

Jackson was held in the jail in Tampa, Florida, when a mob took him from the jail and killed him in early December 1903. His body was found the next morning in a secluded spot. The sources describe the mob as lynching him after taking him from the jail. They do not describe how the jail's officers responded to the mob.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Jackson from the Tampa jail, then mutilated and lynched him, according to the accounts.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Lewiston Evening Teller, December 5, 1903, page 1 Lewiston Evening Teller, December 5, 1903

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