Died in custody
Jumbo Clark
Jumbo Clark, a Black man, was held in the custody of a sheriff's posse at High Springs, Florida, on January 14, 1904, according to a Gainesville dispatch printed in the Portland Daily Press and the Daily Kennebec Journal. The papers report that a mob of about 50 men took him from the posse, hanged him from a tree and shot his body many times in broad daylight.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Gainesville, Florida dispatch reports that a mob of about 50 men took Jumbo Clark from a sheriff's posse at High Springs, hanged him from a tree and riddled his body with bullets.
Reported by: Gainesville, Fla. dispatch in the newspaper (reporters).