Mick Morris
Mick Morris, a Black man, was held in the Leon County jail in Tallahassee, Florida. Before dawn on June 7, 1909, about fifteen masked, armed men overpowered the jailer, took him from the jail yard and hanged him from an oak near the state capitol. According to physicians quoted by the Pensacola Journal, he was clubbed in the yard before the noose was placed around his throat. The Greene County Herald reported the sheriff's statement that he was powerless to resist the mob, and the Alexandria Gazette reported that his body was fired upon and left hanging until nearly noon. The governor ordered an investigation, but a coroner's jury found no clue to the identity of the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Mick Morris from the Leon County jail in Tallahassee and hanged him from an oak near the state capitol in 1909; according to the Pensacola Journal, physicians said he was clubbed in the jail yard before he was hanged, and the sheriff said he was powerless to resist the mob.
Reported by: Leon County Jail (the agency that held him); physicians, as reported by The Pensacola Journal (medical examiner or coroner); The sheriff (the agency that held him).