John Evans

John Evans was held at a convict camp near Live Oak, Florida. According to a Jacksonville dispatch printed in The Semi-Weekly Miner on June 13, 1885, about 200 citizens went to the camp on June 9, took him away and lynched him. The dispatch does not describe how camp staff responded to the mob.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Jacksonville, Fla. dispatch reports that about 200 citizens went to a convict camp near Live Oak, took John Evans away and lynched him.

Reported by: Jacksonville, Fla. dispatch (reporters).

Source

• The Semi-Weekly Miner, June 13, 1885, page 1 The Semi-Weekly Miner, June 13, 1885