"Kid" Tempers
Kid Tempers, a Black man, was held in the jail at Blountstown, Florida, in July 1913. According to The Birmingham Age-Herald, a mob of citizens took him from the jail shortly after midnight on July 10, overpowered the jailer, and carried him to the river bank, where he was strung up to a limb. The Hattiesburg News reported that the mob hanged him from a tree on the river bank early on July 11 and riddled his body with bullets. The coroner's verdict was death at the hands of unknown parties.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took him from the Blountstown jail, overpowered the jailer, and hanged him from a limb on the river bank before riddling his body with bullets; the coroner's verdict was death at the hands of unknown parties.
Reported by: coroner; news reports.