Died in jail or a lockup
Tudor Brown
Tudor Brown was a Black man held at the jail in Fernandina, Florida. The Cape Girardeau Democrat reported on August 3, 1895, that he was one of four Black men who broke out of the jail. According to that report, bloodhounds drove the four men into the ocean, and all of them drowned.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. The report says bloodhounds drove him into the ocean, where he drowned, but the summary does not name who set the dogs on him.
Reported by: unnamed report cited in the source summary.