Died in jail or a lockup
Jules Perry
Jules Perry, a Black man, was held in a jail near Orlando, Florida, after a violent confrontation at the polls on election night, November 2, 1920. Early the next morning, November 3, a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. The record does not establish whether the jail's officers resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched