Died in jail or a lockup
Kid Tempers
"Kid" Tempers, a Black man, was being held in the jail at Blount town, Florida, when a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. The Essex County Herald reported the killing in July 1913 in a short notice. The notice does not give the date of the killing, how the mob reached him, or what the jail's officers did.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A short report says a mob took him from the jail at Blount town, Florida, and lynched him; the report gives no date and does not say whether jail officers resisted.
Reported by: short news report (source as given in the input record) (reporters).