Died in jail or a lockup
Lem Whitaker
Lem Whitaker was held in the jail at Quincy, Florida, when, according to a dispatch from that town printed in the Savannah Morning News, a crowd of men took him from the jail on Saturday night, April 16, 1881. The dispatch said the men wore disguises and hanged him from a tree near the town.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch from Quincy, Florida reports that a crowd of disguised men took him from the jail and hanged him to a tree near the town.
Reported by: a dispatch from Quincy, Florida (reporters).