Kid Tempers

Kid Tempers was held in the jail at Blountstown, Florida, in July 1913. The Birmingham Age-Herald reported that 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. According to the coroner's verdict, he died at the hands of unknown parties, and his body was later riddled with bullets. Other press accounts of his death are brief.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The coroner's verdict was death at the hands of unknown parties, and a mob took him from the Blountstown jail, hanged him from a limb on the river bank and riddled his body with bullets.

Reported by: the county coroner; The Elk Mountain Pilot (reporters); Springfield Herald (reporters).

Sources (11)

• The Birmingham Age-Herald, July 11, 1913, page 8 The Birmingham Age-Herald, July 11, 1913
• The Hattiesburg News, July 12, 1913, page 3 The Hattiesburg News, July 12, 1913
• The Bamberg Herald, July 17, 1913, page 5 The Bamberg Herald, July 17, 1913
• The Loup City Northwestern, July 17, 1913, page 6 The Loup City Northwestern, July 17, 1913
• Estancia News-Herald, July 17, 1913, page 15 Estancia News-Herald, July 17, 1913
• The Elk Mountain Pilot, July 18, 1913, page 3 The Elk Mountain Pilot, July 18, 1913
• The Ordway New Era, July 18, 1913, page 2 The Ordway New Era, July 18, 1913
• Rocky Ford Enterprise, July 18, 1913, page 6 Rocky Ford Enterprise, July 18, 1913
• The Springfield Herald, July 18, 1913, page 4 The Springfield Herald, July 18, 1913
• Putnam Patriot, July 18, 1913, page 2 Putnam Patriot, July 18, 1913
• Rocky Ford Enterprise, December 12, 1913, page 6 Rocky Ford Enterprise, December 12, 1913