Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two Black men held in a Florida county jail were taken on the night of December 17, 1891, by a mob of about 100 armed men. According to a Times-Union dispatch reported in the New-York Tribune, the mob overpowered the sheriff, took the jail keys, and set a guard over him before entering the jail and taking the men from their cells. The men were taken to trees a short distance from the jail and shot to death. Their names are not given in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 100 armed men seized the sheriff, took the jail keys, and took two men from their cells before shooting them, according to the Times-Union dispatch.
Reported by: The Times-Union dispatch (reporters).