Died in custody
John Black
John Black was one of two men held by Sheriff Wiggins and three deputies after an arrest near Fort Gardner in Polk County, Florida, in July 1906. According to a Tampa dispatch printed in the Albuquerque Morning Journal, a mob of about 200 men halted the sheriff and posse, took the prisoners, hanged them from a nearby tree and riddled their bodies with bullets. The bodies were found the next morning, July 27.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Tampa dispatch reported that a mob of about 200 men halted Sheriff Wiggins and his posse, took the prisoners, hanged John Black from a nearby tree and riddled his body with bullets.
Reported by: Tampa dispatch (news report) (reporters).