Simon Simpson
Simon Simpson, a Black man, was held in the Jackson County jail at Marianna, Florida. Early on Tuesday, March 25, 1890, a mob took him from the jail and killed him, according to a Pensacola news dispatch published two days later. The Evening Bulletin reported that the mob was made up of masked men and that he was shot to death. Another account published that week describes the mob as a mix of white and Black residents and says he was lynched.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Semi-Weekly Interior Journal item and a Times-Democrat Pensacola dispatch both report a mob took Simon Simpson from the Jackson County jail at Marianna and killed him, the dispatch saying by shooting; a Weekly Courier-Journal item says a mob of white and Black residents lynched him.
Reported by: Semi-Weekly Interior Journal (reporters); Times-Democrat Pensacola (reporters); Weekly Courier-Journal (reporters).