Sim Echols

Sim Echols was a Black man held at the jail in Fernandina, Florida. According to The Cape Girardeau Democrat, published August 3, 1895, he was one of four Black men who broke out of the jail. The paper reported that bloodhounds drove the four men into the ocean and that all of them drowned.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. The report says bloodhounds drove him and three others into the ocean, where they drowned.

Reported by: the report.

Source

• The Cape Girardeau Democrat, August 3, 1895, page 2 The Cape Girardeau Democrat, August 3, 1895