'Kid' Tempers

'Kid' Tempers, a Black man, was held in the jail at Blountsfown, Florida, when a mob of citizens came for him early one morning, according to a July 1913 report in The Lexington Dispatch. The report says the mob overpowered the jailer, took him from the jail to the riverbank and strung him up to a limb, and that his body was later shot. 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 jail, overpowered the jailer and hanged him from a limb, and a coroner's verdict attributed his death to unknown parties.

Reported by: the coroner; news reports.

Sources (2)

• The Lexington Dispatch, July 16, 1913, page 6 The Lexington Dispatch, July 16, 1913
• The Lexington Dispatch, July 16, 1913, page 2 The Lexington Dispatch, July 16, 1913