Died in jail or a lockup
Pain Lewis
Pain Lewis was held at the jail in Juno, Florida, when a group of masked men came for him in the early morning of August 1895. According to the Pullman Herald, the jailer told the mob they could have him if they harmed no one else, and they agreed. The men took Lewis from the jail, hanged him from a telegraph pole, and riddled his body with bullets. The newspaper reports that a shot fired when the door opened killed the jailer, Gustave Kaiser.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A group of masked men took Pain Lewis from the Juno, Florida jail, hanged him from a telegraph pole and riddled his body with bullets, according to the report.
Reported by: news reports.